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[–] Ulv@feddit.nu 3 points 2 years ago

Like the logo and it works as well as the alternatives

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Privacy primarily and less likely to be targeted for widespread attack because there's a fraction of the user base Chrome enjoys.

[–] DeForrest_McCoy@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

My FFFL Tatoo is gonna be so rad.

[–] shym3q@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if using Librewolf on desktop or Mull on mobile counts but they are pretty good hardened forks of Firefox.

Firefox is great but the downside is that it isn't as private as browsers I've mentioned by default. Still, it is solid choice from privacy perspective.

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[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Years ago it was the only customizable browser, that's why I started using it. Today it still is the most customizable one, even though other browsers started supporting add-ons and themes too.

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly I'm just used to it. Using it now for probably about two decades.

[–] OtherPetard@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Originally (more than a decennia ago) because it had better customizability, later because it was less memory hungry.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I was a big Netscape fan and when Firefox came out, I adopted it pretty soon. Never left it as I never quite get the hang of Chrome.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Because I used the old mozilla browser back in the 90s and when it switched to calling firefox I kept on using it.

[–] akatsukilevi@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Have you ever used it's DevTools? Chrome DevTools feels outdated in comparison

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Because brain.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

It’s not Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just don't like monopolies, and right now everything else is chrome

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because Google is more profit and ad-focused than Mozilla (though both force ads down my throat), and they are the only viable choices for browsing the web.

I long for an actual non-profit backed, open-source browser to use, but until then, lesser of two evils.

[–] Vince@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

I was using Mozilla in order to not use Internet Explorer and at some point I switched to their new browser when it was still called Firebird.

Nowadays I stick to it just so Google doesn't get a browser monopoly.

[–] Keeper2000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Tree Style Tab

And lack of (what I would consider) a good alternatives.

It's a great web browser and it represents the very concepts of choice and freedom. Chrome isn't better at all, I really only used it because the extension availability felt higher for a while.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

Before Google started being openly evil and Firefox was pretty slow by comparison, I kept using Firefox for 2 reasons: mobile add-ons and the "Container Tabs" addon which doesn't (or at least didn't) have a chome analog. Now I've degoogled and also it seems faster in those occasions when I have to use chrome at work.

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly, even though I want to say it's for security or something, I use Firefox because of habit. Ive used it ever since I got my first PC over a decade ago and don't remember the reason I switched in the first place.

[–] Vuipes@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It was my first browser so I stuck with it. I tried other browsers over the years, but I am used to firefox stuff, and ublock works better there.

[–] thequickben@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I switched to chrome for a few years but went back to Firefox about 3 years ago. Google can piss off as far as I’m concerned.

[–] EntropyPure@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

On top of what everyone else said: I REALLY hate the UI design of Chrome. We just don’t get along. Firefox always worked well for me.

  • Privacy, security, speed.
  • Google has enough of my data and I want to diversify.
  • Chrome and Edge are pigs full of feature bloat.
[–] doink@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It works great with Wayland and I switched to Firefox mobile as well.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Back in the days when Netscape Navigator went down, I switched to then-new Firefox.

I have had no reason to not use it. With mods Firefox even allows me to keep the UI looking exactly the same as it did with version 3.x, where everything is just where I want it to be.

Change just for the sake of change is pointless.

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[–] s_s@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Because it appeals to furries.

[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was originally an Opera user (before they switched away from Presto), then switched to Firefox afterwards.

Firefox was my pick because it was good enough and extremely customizable.

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