Greetings! I have recently ditched google and went with privacy focused alternatives. Such as SearXNG, Invidious, Lemmy etc.

However, while i was using degoogled chromium, i cant install extensions.

Is there any way i can install extensions on Degoogled Chromium? (ik this isnt the right place to ask but eh)

Thanks a lot!

        • Yurgenst@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          7 months ago

          Pro tip: when a website doesn’t work with Firefox, go download a user agent changer and switch it to chrome and watch the website work perfectly on Firefox lol

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            1·
            7 months ago

            Oh? Recommendations? I just said I’m waiting to get to the library to bid on a couple of municipal projects bc of this “must use chrome” nonsense.

            • Yurgenst@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              7 months ago

              User-agent switcher is what I use. My only issue so far is that it messes up websites that use recaptcha or cloudflare “Are you a robot” challenges sometimes.

        • Cris16228@lemmy.today
          7·
          7 months ago

          Yeaaah i fking hate it “Please install google chrome to use this feature” nah, Imma skip it entirely

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            2·
            7 months ago

            I was trying to bid on a couple of municipal projects recently, and got this. Nope. I’ll go to the library, maybe.

            • Cris16228@lemmy.today
              1·
              7 months ago

              I’m really curious if it’s real or some bullshit. Do chromium based browser have something Firefox doesn’t? I’m talking about all those “Please install Firefox to use X” because I doubt it

              • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                7 months ago

                They have tracking and zero privacy. Some websites wouldnt be profitable or worth it if they couldn’t collect and sell data.

                Google is a data broker.

                • Cris16228@lemmy.today
                  0·
                  7 months ago

                  Yes, that’s obvious, what I mean is if they have some kind of tools/functions that make it be able to do something others can’t. The example that comes in mind is when I was checking a website someone suggested me https://my.rhinoshield.eu/ where it says “your browser isn’t supported to do whatever it does, please install chrome”

                  Firefox

                  vs

                  Chromium based browser

                  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
                    1·
                    6 months ago

                    How do we know the reason it won’t work on Firefox? It could be some trivial piece of tracking couldn’t it?

        • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
          4·
          7 months ago

          Wait… You have encountered a website that doesn’t work on Firefox? :/ Like finding a needle in haystack.

          • naught@sh.itjust.works
            32·
            6 months ago

            This is more common than you think. It’s usually not broken entirely, but firefox constantly breaks styling/css stuff on websites I use and build. I’ve had a few sites ask me to switch browsers because firefox doesn’t support x y or z feature too

            edit: for example, WebGPU support is currently lacking in FF https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/wiki/Implementation-Status

            I use firefox, but I’m not blind to its few problems

            • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlM
              4·
              7 months ago

              Never noticed an issue and if websites using only chrome supported features, it’s an issue with the website, not the browser.

              • naught@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                7 months ago

                That’s one way to look at it. If a website works perfectly on chromium, but not firefox, why is this the website’s fault?

            • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
              2·
              7 months ago

              This must be very specific and probably heavly bloated with unecessary stuff? (With probably alot of telemetry and other strange things…)

              I have never encountered any breaking of styling/css, except with some specific addons (no-script, heavy dns blocking, ublock in hard mode…)

              Not that I doub your claims, but if you have any example on hand I would be very open to give it a try and maybe learn something new in the web realm.

              • naught@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                7 months ago

                I remember trying to style a range input slider a few years ago and it worked everywhere except firefox. I also had problems with the style of the <select> recently (inverted colors, wrong font). Not a big deal, I still drive firefox daily, but there are idiosyncrasies

        • prousername@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          I’ve used chrome as a browser for almost my entire life. It’s kinda nice to still have the chrome i know and love, but with no google spyware.

          • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.mlM
            3·
            7 months ago

            I didn’t drink or have sex for a big proportion of my life (until 16). Was quite happy to ditch old habits.

            The thing is, chrome was probably built for spying.