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I switched to Firefox from Chrome a few years ago (maybe 2017/2018). It required a tiny bit of willpower since making even minor changes to frequently used tools causes friction. I've experienced few issues since. About once a month I'll run into a website that doesn't work in Firefox. Mostly experimental things on HN. My doctor's virtual visit web software was Chrome only, but the audio didn't work in Chrome either. I used the Android App. Dish network's internet DVR streaming requires Chrome, but I don't watch a lot of TV and the quality is terrible. Otherwise I never think about it.

At the time Firefox Android was a bit slow and would crash weekly or more, but I stuck with it for uBlock and Sync. After the Android app rewrite its been working well. I like having the navigation bar on the bottom (can Chrome do that yet?). The password autofill integration API took a while to get integrated since that happened during the app rewrite. At least with Bitwarden it's still a bit buggy when it decides to show the autofill prompt, but that seems to happen in other apps and in Chrome. It's annoying that most Google apps will ignore your system preferences and open things in Chrome where I don't have any sign-in cookies etc. Still like the Google search/assistant experience and haven't found an alternative so I live with it.

Overall, a very mild sacrifice for the open web. Very easy slacktivism.




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