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If chrome is no longer owned by Google I'll use it. That's the reason I switched to firefox in the first place.

In my opinion Firefox is better in all the ways except speed - Chrome still feels faster on old computers. And I prefer the browser market to still have some technical diversity no matter who actually runs it.

Firefox had Servo, a project that among other things focused on delivering faster technologies for a web browser. They had impressive results (integrated into Firefox as Firefox Quantum) but were suddenly fired

At that point I think Firefox lost a vision of a better future

Ever try installing chrome on an old operating system like Windows 7? It doesn't work but if already installed then much faster. Wonder upto what version works with win7

Eh, I tried using Firefox again for a few months when manifest v3 was announced, nothing worked quite right, then I ran into this: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht...

Who do you think is going to buy chrome? And don't you think they are going to want to recoup their investment?

I suspect chrome will get far less consumer friendly than chrome currently is if it is sold.

Some AI company could buy it and add some subscriptions based AI services. Or package it with optional but very popular and lucrative VPN, etc. There's a lot of potential business models apart from feeding advertising algorithms. Besides maintaining a browser is not stupendously expensive, firefox runs on about $500M in revenue.

> Some AI company could buy it and add some subscriptions based AI services. Or package it with optional but very popular and lucrative VPN, etc.

There are many who already do just this. What extra value would they get if they already repackage Chrome for free?

chrome no longer supports effective ad-blocking extensions.

Isn't that because Google doesn't want them upsetting their advertising business. Breaking up seems like it will help this

Sort of. MV3 is less effective than MV2, sure. But it is not wholly useless. uBlock Origin Lite exists.

uBO Lite seems to sufficient for like 99% of my usage. Only certain websites I'll open up in FireFox with UBO full.

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