Chrome is popular because it works. The average person is not going to give up convenience for privacy, even if they claim to care about it. As someone who uses Firefox, I can say that some websites don’t work on Firefox and Firefox is often slower than chromium browsers. While I’m ok with that, others might not be.
I do think Firefox gets a degraded experience on some websites.
For example, Google Meet supports virtual video backgrounds and 3D face filters for Chromium based browsers.
And Google Search serves up an older results page design with fewer features to Firefox users. Someone has literally had to create a Firefox addon to make it pretend to be Chrome so it gets the modern results page.
I realise these are both Google-owned websites - but I don’t think it’s accurate to say that the average user isn’t going to come up across these differences.
I can say that some websites don’t work on Firefox
threads.net comes to mind. That annoyed me until I opened the console and saw that it was because of an infinite number of cross-site origin violations, at which point I lost interest in Threads.
(its supported by various browsers including chromium based, and firefox)
its open source, and made by some people at the university of Aarhus in Denmark.
you set the preferences and it automatically clicks your preferences, to the cookies, on the site(s) you visit.
its very much a “set and forget” kinda thing.
it doesn’t prevent cookie tracking or anything. it just fills out the cookie-consentform automatically based on your preferences (so check those after installing)
I’ve had issues with education based things not working on Firefox. It’s probably anti cheating stuff that is set up to work with chrome and they don’t want to bother with making it function on a less used browser. I had a problem using a government website on firefox too. I had to verify my ID to request some vet records and the ID verification required Chrome or Opera.
Chrome is popular because it works. The average person is not going to give up convenience for privacy, even if they claim to care about it. As someone who uses Firefox, I can say that some websites don’t work on Firefox and Firefox is often slower than chromium browsers. While I’m ok with that, others might not be.
Anecdotal experience is great.
I’ve never once come across a website that doesn’t work in Firefox and find Chrome and Edge significantly slower.
I do think Firefox gets a degraded experience on some websites.
For example, Google Meet supports virtual video backgrounds and 3D face filters for Chromium based browsers.
And Google Search serves up an older results page design with fewer features to Firefox users. Someone has literally had to create a Firefox addon to make it pretend to be Chrome so it gets the modern results page.
I realise these are both Google-owned websites - but I don’t think it’s accurate to say that the average user isn’t going to come up across these differences.
I see your anecdote, and raise you an anecdote of my own!
threads.netcomes to mind. That annoyed me until I opened the console and saw that it was because of an infinite number of cross-site origin violations, at which point I lost interest in Threads.regarding cookies which are fucking annoying…
you can install this:
https://consentomatic.au.dk/
(its supported by various browsers including chromium based, and firefox)
its open source, and made by some people at the university of Aarhus in Denmark.
you set the preferences and it automatically clicks your preferences, to the cookies, on the site(s) you visit.
its very much a “set and forget” kinda thing.
it doesn’t prevent cookie tracking or anything. it just fills out the cookie-consentform automatically based on your preferences (so check those after installing)
Chrome is popular because of marketing. Yes it works but I’m sure Firefox works just as fine for the average user.
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I never had a website that didn’t work on Firefox. It’s probably just one of your addons that blocks something.
I’ve had issues with education based things not working on Firefox. It’s probably anti cheating stuff that is set up to work with chrome and they don’t want to bother with making it function on a less used browser. I had a problem using a government website on firefox too. I had to verify my ID to request some vet records and the ID verification required Chrome or Opera.