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Time to go back to Chrome :(

After years, I switched from chrome to Safari. Takes some getting used to, but now I'm quit happy with it. YMMV

Do you mean because Firefox is in danger and you believe Chrome is your second best option? Or do you mean this as some form of protest?

Changing browsers only hurts Firefox.

At this point, what is the point of supporting Firefox?

The management obviously doesn't care, and it's probably matter of time, before Firefox moves to Blink.

Really? The reason to support Firefox is a counter to the Chrome monoculture. And because I actually like Firefox the browser? With the exception of Linux it is the largest open source project I actually use, and the one I use the most frequently.

Mozilla’s leadership is clearly motivated by money. I will gladly pay them for Firefox.

At this point, I think it's inevitable that Chrome monoculture will happen.

I like Firefox too, but unless you have a spare hundred million of USD lying around, the easiest way to maximize revenue is to minimize workforce. By moving to Blink.

What?! Mozilla funds Google in order to control web standards, and to defend themselves against antitrust suits.

Google doesn't need Mozilla to increase their search marketshare. People who care about privacy switch to things such as DuckDuckGo. When Firefox had Yahoo as the default search engine, many users switched back to Google.

I would rather use Edge

It does look promising.

The surprising thing about Edge is it actually starts and is interactable faster (~1s) than Win10's Photo Viewer (3-5s)... on an SSD.

This reminds me of a semi recent story about Firefox removing an old feature because it affected startup speed.

My basic thought was: I essentially always have my browser open. What do I care about a few hundred milliseconds, or even a few seconds, on something I do so rarely?

>I would rather use Edge

You should rethink that.

>"We find that the browsers split into three distinct groups from this privacy perspective. In the first (most private) group lies Brave, in the second Chrome, Firefox and Safari, and in the third (least private) group lie Edge and Yandex."

https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-professor-says-edge-is-the-w...

Which is now Chrome!

Edge is now based on Chromium [1]. Welcome to the future, where you can choose from Chrome (Chromium), Edge (Chromium) and Opera (also Chromium).

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/micro...

do all of them use google extension store to install adblockers like Brave (also Chromium)?

They have their own stores apparently (at least the user-facing front).

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/Microsoft-Edge-Ex...

https://addons.opera.com/en/

Brave's shields are built-in, no extension from the Chrome Web Store is involved.

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