It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox
It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox
• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.
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Just because Google broke the most trafficked site on the internet for Firefox doesn't mean its a bad browser. Hell that's a ringing endorsement.
Personally I'd rather stop using any Google services, than handing them a Chrome monopoly. Google is already way to dominant IMO.
You should stop using Google services anyway. They are terrible for privacy and for your digital freedom in general. And there are so many alternatives.
I absolutely try to limit it. I use Qwant for search. I don't use gmail except to register Android. In android I don't use google services like calendar. I only use Google play for 1 app that is only available through Google play.
My biggest dependency is probably YouTube, which I must admit I use a lot.Qwant is a good option. AFAIK you can use Android without logging in to a Google account. You can use Aurora Store to anonymously download apps from the Play Store without having to log in. If you have to access Gmail, don't use their app, it's full of trackers. Use K-9 Mail instead. For YouTube, you can use LibreTube or NewPipe on Android and Invidious or Piped in your browser. SmartTubeNext is a great option for Android TV. You can also use the Universal Android Debloater to remove any Google apps and services you don't need.
Thanks, lots of options I wasn't aware of. 👍 😀
I am trying to slowly quit all Google services
That's great
I didn't notice they broke it. The website works on my Firefox as usual. Maybe you lack some plugins? (like ublock origin, sponsor block, age restriction bypass...)
There is some speculation that Google is doing A/B tests on hindering YT performance on Firefox. It feels a bit like a conspiracy theory, but they could be doing this for the explicit purpose of sowing doubt about whether or not they are really causing YT to perform worse on competing browsers.
Personally, I am not seeing any performance hits, but some people who do have managed to stop the problem from occurring by spoofing their user-agent to report Chrome in place of Firefox. Kind of points to a direct and purposeful slowdown of specific browsers.
I still don't see that they broke FF specifically, they're fighting back against adblockers, including the ones in browsers like brave.
They added a literal sleep(5000) to the javascript for youtube accessed via firefox.
- Hasn't been happening on my Firefox
- There have been reports on other browsers as well, so this isn't a firefox specific issue (p sure I've seen some people that use chrome claim they had this issue)
Also, 3. That was meant to target ad blockers, not Firefox users
Horseshit. When Firefox's built in security and privacy protections are detected by Google as "ad blockers" that's just a thin excuse for delivering a worse experience to people not using their in-house spyware browser.
From what I've gathered from other threads, it's meant to target ad blockers, not Firefox users. It appears though that Firefox users ended up in the crossfire, while uBO can be rigged to block the
sleep()function in that case, nullifying the wait.But it did target Firefox users, with or without adblock. All it took was a user agent swap and the delay went away.
which site is that? Google search page? it works fine for me in every browser I've ever tried it on.