Yes, but they will keep supporting MV2 "for the foreseeable future", which means that all old extensions should keep working. It is going to be somewhat scary when they decide to remove MV2 support, but for now we are good.
Tbf Mozilla needs money to keep doing good work, and I don't mind "paying" for Firefox like that when the only alternatives are "paying" by letting Google track and sell my personal data.
I used to use Firefox but half the websites I visted were broken on it. Companies don't make their websites compatible with it anymore which really sucks. If Chrome kills adblocker, I'll switch back, but it's just annoying when you get to the middle of a transaction and the site stops working because the devs were too lazy to test on anything but Chrome.
What kinds of websites are you using? Been using Firefox my whole life, and the only instances I can remember of stuff not working on it are the web version of Microsoft Teams (Which works now), one proctoring site which required Opera, and some website where you could create music from samples that for some reason required Chrome.
Mainly because it's not a Chromium based browser. Chrome is making it hard/impossible to use adblock, and if Firefox were to die for whatever reason, Google would basically monopolize the way we interact with the internet (which it has almost done already)
uBlock Origin (the good ad blocker) works best on Firefox because Google made it impossible for it to work as well on Chrome, and all browsers based on Chrome inherit that flaw. uBlock Origin is better because the developers don't have an "acceptable ads" program where they let some ads through, like Adblock Plus does.
Also, the developers of Adblock Plus let websites buy their way into the Acceptable Ads program.
I found Firefox WAY before i found Lemmy, no Chrome on my machines, UBlock Origin, Noscript, Facebook Container, Video Downloadhelper, Firefox lets one retake control
Firefox remembers tabs as well, there are many days where ill start Firefox and ill be looking at the same tabs I'm looking at when i last closed it, and if not there's always the "restore previous session" option in the history menu.
It's an option in the settings for remembering previously opened windows and tabs.
I was using Firefox on my phone forever because it can block ads on mobile, and moved back to it from Chrome when it came out that Google was basically going to make ad blocking impossible in chromium itself eventually. I had been using Firefox for a long time even after Chrome came out but started using Chrome during a period where Firefox was much slower and was having a lot of issues for some reason.
I see. I only JUST switched my laptop to Mint so I haven't even gone looking for it yet. I installed the beta probably early last year or maybe late '21 but never noticed it not updating lol Damn, that sucks ass.
And yeah, sorry, I meant a KVM switch. I love working from home. I go to the office about 10-15 times a year and travel for work a few times outside of that and that's enough of seeing some of my coworkers I need. My boss is on the same page. She's gonna be pissed if executive leadership ever take telework away from us.
89 Comments
markipol@beehaw.org · 57 pts · 3y
Firefox mobile with uBlock origin is a fucking godsend, the mobile web is nigh unusable without it because of ads.
Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 3y
Whenever I'm watching someone else use a browser and I see how many ads there are, I realize how great UBlock is.
FishfoxNuro@pawb.social · 8 pts · 3y
It's also part of why I don't use apps for things like YouTube: I don't have to deal with ads if I just access the site like normal via Firefox.
I_like_cats@lemmy.one · 9 pts · 3y
If you want to put in a little effort: Youtube Revanced is the official Youtube app without ads
hemko@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
bottom_text@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Revanced my guy
LittleTransPunk@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
delmain@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
You need to be able to see how long people have until they die?
(What does "Shinigami Eyes" do?)
LittleTransPunk@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Holzkohlen@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
Wait, it colors the names of users too? That is pretty cool.
Unlix86@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Thanks, I already used Firefox Nightly with Ublock Origin but imma also add Shinigami Eyes
vaseline@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Checkout iceraven
PhenolFight@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 39 pts · 3y
Reject Manifest V3, return to fox browser.
meow_d@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 3y
i know this is a joke, but: firefox is still implementing manifest v3. the difference is that they're keeping WebRequest
blahaj@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y
Yes, but they will keep supporting MV2 "for the foreseeable future", which means that all old extensions should keep working. It is going to be somewhat scary when they decide to remove MV2 support, but for now we are good.
Zonkko@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
IIRC they said that they will keep MV2 until they are able to make the extensions work without MV2
Monologue@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 3y
Hadley@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 3y
bignuts700@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
KermitLeFrog@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 3y
HoodieGyaru@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 3y
Not to mention the Firefox app on Android allows add-ons so you can use Ublock Origin on it too.
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Why is Firefox not on F-Droid? So weird how Fennec and Mull and some other forks are there, but not the OG.
IntangibleSloth@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
For what its worth it still works on Chrome/Edge currently.
gapbetweenus@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
The moment it stops I switch.
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi · 3 pts · 3y
Already have, and my Lemmy instance is iusearchlinux.fyi
halva@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 3y
ublock still works on chromium browsers, it's just that it's less feature rich
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
It's the lite edition. So ye, Firefox for the win (and all it's cool forks)
moss@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 3y
FIREFOX MY BELOVED!!! I haven't touched chrome since summer of 2019, don't regret the switch one bit.
phuntis@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y
cause I'm already on firefox silly
dubstowel@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 3y
I love my little purple unstable fox 😀
FishfoxNuro@pawb.social · 3 pts · 3y
I vibe with Firefox Nightly. It's unstable, but I've only had a build completely stop functioning once.
radicalpersondude@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 3y
Librewolf is great; ngl it feels like vanilla Firefox has gotten too comfortable pushing sponsored content as of late
Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 30 pts · 3y
Tbf Mozilla needs money to keep doing good work, and I don't mind "paying" for Firefox like that when the only alternatives are "paying" by letting Google track and sell my personal data.
radicalpersondude@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 3y
That is true. But honestly, when it comes to software I'd just rather be left alone, it's why I moved from Windows in the first place.
I totally wouldn't mind donating to Mozilla in some other way though.
Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 3y
I'm pretty sure they accept donations
radicalpersondude@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Good to know, I'll be sure to donate then
GenericUsername@feddit.de · 6 pts · 3y
That money's going to Mozila tho (or the Mozilla foundation or something, I never get the exact details right without looking up).
Anyway, the point is it will not be used to fund Firefox development if that is where you intend it to go. Can't, for legal reasons or other bs.
Probably no harm in donating whatsover, they do other great stuff aswell, just YSK.
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y
as far ar I know:
the corporation builds the browser
the foundation does activism (and owns the corporation)
MZLA only exists because thunderbird needed some legal entity after Mozilla handed it over to the community
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 3y
don't donate. they don't go to the browser
buy the VPN if you can. or pocket premium if such thing exists. those go to the browser
indite@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 3y
I wuv firefox :3
areyouevenreal@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 13 pts · 3y
Already using FireFox. It's nice that it comes preinstalled on most Linux distros too.
Devonian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 3y
what would I do without my cross-platform history, passwords, and addon syncing? Mozilla is a godsend <3
Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.social · 11 pts · 3y
I'm on Vivaldi AFTER Firefox. Am I a pos-furry?
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 3y
Is Chromium
Crow_of_Minerva@feddit.it · 5 pts · 3y
Vivaldi gang
Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.social · 6 pts · 3y
can't hear to the others over the sound of my lateral bars and easy tab tilling
PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org · 11 pts · 3y
I used to use Firefox but half the websites I visted were broken on it. Companies don't make their websites compatible with it anymore which really sucks. If Chrome kills adblocker, I'll switch back, but it's just annoying when you get to the middle of a transaction and the site stops working because the devs were too lazy to test on anything but Chrome.
millionsofplayers@beehaw.org · 6 pts · 3y
User-Agent Switcher
Daniikk1012@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
What kinds of websites are you using? Been using Firefox my whole life, and the only instances I can remember of stuff not working on it are the web version of Microsoft Teams (Which works now), one proctoring site which required Opera, and some website where you could create music from samples that for some reason required Chrome.
ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
https://webcompat.com/issues/new
complaining here won't solve anything
sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 10 pts · 3y
Mobile addons say hello
Gormadt@beehaw.org · 10 pts · 3y
I've been using Firefox since the days of Windows XP, I ain't gonna stop now.
DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y
Should I post this in opra gxs replies?
gothicdecadence@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
DO IT
TenNinetythree@vlemmy.net · 10 pts · 3y
Already there!
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi · 9 pts · 3y
Jokes on those that went shiny and chromium, I never left Firefox.
Bless the gecko! Gecko is love, gecko is lyfe.
Arystique@beehaw.org · 9 pts · 3y
I mean I use Firefox, but why is it a better alternative? (I think I started using it cause it doesn't stop screen sharing on discord)
SKUNK@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 40 pts · 3y
Mainly because it's not a Chromium based browser. Chrome is making it hard/impossible to use adblock, and if Firefox were to die for whatever reason, Google would basically monopolize the way we interact with the internet (which it has almost done already)
weirdwallace75@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
uBlock Origin (the good ad blocker) works best on Firefox because Google made it impossible for it to work as well on Chrome, and all browsers based on Chrome inherit that flaw. uBlock Origin is better because the developers don't have an "acceptable ads" program where they let some ads through, like Adblock Plus does.
Also, the developers of Adblock Plus let websites buy their way into the Acceptable Ads program.
https://ublockorigin.com/
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads
https://restoreprivacy.com/report-ad-blockers-allowing-acceptable-ads/
Stephbro@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 3y
I'm already on Firefox, I love it
Khorgor666@feddit.de · 8 pts · 3y
I found Firefox WAY before i found Lemmy, no Chrome on my machines, UBlock Origin, Noscript, Facebook Container, Video Downloadhelper, Firefox lets one retake control
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 3y
If you like Facebook containers, try the Firefox Container Tabs extension.
SoftestVoid@beehaw.org · 8 pts · 3y
Firefox ♥️
Dasnap@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
I already moved from lion daddy browser to fox daddy browser.
Ashhwaghandaa@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I switched to Firefox two years ago and never looked back :) Google chrome is transphobic
Adi2121@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
LibreWolf is the best browser
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Love me some Brave...I use Firefox when that has issues though.
halva@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 3y
fyi brave is owned by a homophobe and they profit from putting their ads on content creators' accounts without asking them first
RealAndGay@beehaw.org · 6 pts · 3y
well fuck
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Feels like I can't support anything without finding out it's run by pure evil- or that it's in the process of being ruined.
Fail again
Benmax@feddit.nl · 19 pts · 3y
Brave is chromium
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Breaking my heart. At least it can still view YouTube without ads for now. I'll branch out again.
indite@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 3y
Brave is a lil wacky,
It performs worse than Firefox in most cases
millionsofplayers@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 3y
hehe
_number8_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
autocorrect doesn't work on firefox in macs which drove me away, very annoying
but also lemmy only works in firefox [and definitely not safari, very bad]
RothyBuyak@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Firefox stopped working on my pc so I switched to opera
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi · 11 pts · 3y
Sounds like your PC might need a refresh. Apps don't usually break for no reason.
RothyBuyak@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Yeah, I know, but I really like how opera remembers tabs, so I might keep it anyway
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi · 13 pts · 3y
Firefox remembers tabs as well, there are many days where ill start Firefox and ill be looking at the same tabs I'm looking at when i last closed it, and if not there's always the "restore previous session" option in the history menu.
RothyBuyak@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thx, I'll look into it
Dash@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I started using firefox right after I started using Lemmy.
bignuts700@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
pol1612@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
hmmmmm i am not BRAVEEEEE enough for firefox though
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 2y
I was using Firefox on my phone forever because it can block ads on mobile, and moved back to it from Chrome when it came out that Google was basically going to make ad blocking impossible in chromium itself eventually. I had been using Firefox for a long time even after Chrome came out but started using Chrome during a period where Firefox was much slower and was having a lot of issues for some reason.
Izzent@lemmy.world · -18 pts · 3y
Ok but Firefox is kinda bad compared to Edge, functionality wise. It beats it in privacy hands down though.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 3y
What features is Firefox possibly missing?
einsofohr@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
einsofohr@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 3y
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
The only thing I use Edge for is work because we do a lot of stuff through Azure so it makes some things easier.
But never on my own computers.
hemko@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
bottom_text@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Thats only a problem for you, Ive used teams on firefox running arch for ages without a problem
hemko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Glad it works for you. I've had various problems with calls/meetings and sharing, but microshit doesn't even support those on ff unfortunately https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams#browsers
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I have a separate work laptop and a KVM. I log into one domain on one account. So yeah, it's not an issue for my use case.
As for Teams on Linux, what distro are you running? There is a client for Ubuntu and others based on it. It never gave me any trouble.
hemko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I see. I only JUST switched my laptop to Mint so I haven't even gone looking for it yet. I installed the beta probably early last year or maybe late '21 but never noticed it not updating lol Damn, that sucks ass.
And yeah, sorry, I meant a KVM switch. I love working from home. I go to the office about 10-15 times a year and travel for work a few times outside of that and that's enough of seeing some of my coworkers I need. My boss is on the same page. She's gonna be pissed if executive leadership ever take telework away from us.
hemko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Devonian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Edge is so laggy and inefficient on low-spec hardware though, like try running that baby on 8 gigs of ram and... no, it's all crashes.