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I'm unfamiliar with Chrome user profiles, but a quick look makes it appear that they are similar to Firefox's profiles: bundles of independent, isolated browser settings.

I used Firefox profiles all the time, and am quite fond of them. Maybe they are not as easy to use on Windows or Macs? I'm pure Linux on the desktop.

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Yeah, Chrome makes it really easy to maintain and run multiple sandboxed profiles backed by completely separate Google accounts with their own settings, histories, extensions, etc.

Personally, I find the new Firefox containers feature more friendly and useful from a UX perspective than Chrome profiles. You can learn more about them at https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers

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