• Pantherina@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Desktop:

    • damn nice
    • good Flatpak version playing everything
    • all extensions work without weird restrictions
    • only Forks that make sense, Librewolf and Tor Browser
    • loads of search engines
    • arkenfox user.js
    • UserChrome.css, in theory, if it was easy to create one. Only SimpleMenuWizard currently to make it less rediculous to use
    • also Thunderbird uses Firefox ESR, and its the only good Mail program I know

    Mobile

    • mull, prehardened
    • support for a looot of addons using a custom Addon collection
    • offline translations using FF Translations, literally the only app I know that does this and its so damn critical
    • dark mode without tracking
    • ublock, noscript
    • lots of search engines possible
    • privacy

    I dont use Firefox as it comes on any device, as this is unusable. But with hardening its simply the most secure browser

    • Tibert@compuverse.uk
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      1 year ago

      I don’t use it because of mobile adblock only. There are multiple private chromium browsers which have mobile adblock, and also one supporting extensions : kiwi browser.

      I use Firefox because it’s a competing engine to chromium, and it looks good.

      I also have all the synced bookmarks from my PC Firefox, which I use for the same reason, and because I got used to it.

  • JSens1998@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s one of the only remaining browsers (the other one being Safari) that doesn’t run on Chromium. We must protect FireFox and Safari with our lives because if they die out then Google has a monopoly on the browser space. Not something anyone wants… I mean look at their Manifest V3, and web DRM controversies. They are trying to ruin the web. Don’t let them people!

    Plus, I just like the ability to customize the toolbar, and FireFox Sync is just brilliant for syncing between mobile and desktop!

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
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    1 year ago

    Main reason is that I can use my own sync server, I don’t trust Google nor Mozilla to store my passwords, bookmarks and history, etc. but I trust myself.

    Second reason is that it’s the only non Webkit related browser left after IE, Opera gave up on their own rendering engine, so once Google decides to implement anti-features there is almost no way around it anymore. I like to think that if at least I use it, it will somehow stay relevant enough that the W3C can keep existing and Google needs at least engage in some kind of conversation about their anti-features instead of just implementing them and forcing it on everyone automatically.

    Third, uBlock origin works very well, even on my Android mobile phone.

    • xebix@lemmy.srv0.lolEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What are you using for your sync server? I did some preliminary searching recently and it looks like there are a few different options.

  • Rottcodd@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s never let me down.

    I started using it pretty much from the beginning and have never had a reason to stop. When Chrome came along, I thought the whole idea of using a browser made by Google was obviously awful, so I just kept using Firefox. And I’m still using it.

    • Jess@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There were a few moments where Firefox seemed to stumble a bit and I did give Chrome a try. Otherwise, Firefox has been my primary browser for ages. Even to the point where I was using a portable version on a locked down computer ages ago. It just works and it respects me as a user.

  • N4CHEM@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s the only browser not based on Google’s Chromium rendering engine (Webview, WebKit? whatever). Using any other browser supports Google’s monopoly over how we browse the internet and what we are allowed to see. No, fuck Google.

    Edit: spelling