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I now exclusively use Firefox on MacOS. I refuse to use Chrome in any way now.

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I also find it that Firefox syncs better between mobile and desktop than Chrome did. So yeah, no looking back.

You should take the next step and switch to GNU/Linux. :o)

Not if they enjoy having a well-integrated experience on a platform tailored to their hardware.

> a well-integrated experience on a platform tailored to their hardware

Unfortunately, that would mean not using Firefox on MacOS, in my experience.

Unfortunately, if the hardware has a lot of issues the well-integrated experience seems to quickly fall apart. I can't really speak about the desktop side of Apple products but the MacBook line of products seem to be troubled with many hardware related issues for years now.

There is light at the end of the tunnel (I have been affected by some of the problems): the new MacBook 16" switches back to a scissor mechanism for the keyboard and brings back the escape key. If they bring those changes to the MacBook Pro, most of my hardware qualms are resolved.

I would, but I own an iMac. Ironically, I run Virtualbox and use Linux that way :-)

They only differ in marketing really. I use Firefox too but have no illusions about it, Moz://a is sponsored by the same Google ad money. None of the big browser providers are good guys, there is clear conflict of interest that no amount of PR can resolve.

There are lots of things that Firefox does to enhance privacy that Chrome does not do.

There are lots of things Firefox could do with little to no effort to enhance privacy if it were user focused.

This website has a very thorough Firefox de-bloat and anti-tracking guide: https://spyware.neocities.org/guides/firefox.html

I find that some of those options are excessive, but it's good for the privacy-minded in general. Just change the options based on your threat model.

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