Anon doesn't like any web browsers

FireFox and all of the forks breaks within 2 months
Sounds like a skill issue to me, guy
- Yeah, I can't remember the last time I had to do anything to "fix" Firefox.
- My only issue with Firefox is some extensions get a little fussy in-between updates, but it seems to be a Linux issue more than a Firefox one.
  And my problem is most definitely a skill issue.
  
  It’s also objectively less secure than Chromium, which is hard to admit.
- I was running into a blue screen ONLY when using Firefox.
  A month later, I decided to make sure one of my memory sticks was fully seated. Issue resolved.
- Yeah, Firefox works fine for me, problem is a good number of websites on the modern web just actually do not work correctly on Firefox because theyre designed by lazy morons.
  Sometimes this can be fixed by just spoofing it and presenting as chrome, other times not.
  In Opera's defense, I have considered installing it for its game recommendation thingy alone and not actually using it as a browser, simply because modern online game stores basically recommend either massively marketed stuff or seemingly completely random 5 dollar trash, or stupid meme game that is extremely popular right now that is basically also trash and is forgotten about when Twitch moves on to the next thing.
  In the past I remember Opera's game thingy actually being decent. Any current users that can attest to this?
  
  I have been using firefox for close to ten years and somehow I never encountered a website that didn't work at all.

Dude is smoking crack. I've been using firefox for, shit, I don't even know how long, but it's gotta be creeping on at least fifteen years. Feels like forever any way.
Never had any kind of problem like he's yakking about. Not once.
- I've been using Firefox since it was Mozilla Navigator and I can't say I've ever had "Piece of shit always broken" with it unless you count websites these days building with Chrome in mind, in which case I don't blame Mozilla.
  
  That's my experience as well. Maybe it has more trouble on Windows though. I haven't had much experience with it there.
- I've been using it regularly since (I think) one of the 0.9 Betas that came on the CD bundled with a magazine I got from my local library.
  Literally never had to deal with issues OP is dealing with

Only time I’ve had an issue with Firefox requiring >5 minutes of diagnosis was when a shared library was deleted during a freeware uninstall. What an odd piece of criticism.
Also, brave’s president is right wing, and I dislike that. Like “pls no step on snek” right wing.

I have no issue with Firefox.

Brave is literally chromium you half baked onion
- That has to be a British insult. It's just too perfect.
  
  I aspire to that but unfortunately I'm a lowly yank

Why am I not surprised they're a Brave fan.
- Brave, for crypto enthusiasts who like to talk about privacy and security but don't actually have those things or know what they are.
  Does it still have advertisements?

I've been using Firefox for like 15-17 years now, I honestly can't even remember when I started, but its never let me down.
I'm no power user with it or anything, but its always done exactly what I needed it to.
- Yeah I don't get what they mean by needing a refresher every few days or whatever. I've used it all my life and only crappy websites had me needing to switch to another browser.
  
  I completely forgot about having to use a different browser for bad websites. It's been a few years now, but I think something to do with the SHiFT code rewards between Borderlands 2 & 3 was the last time I had to use a different browser.
- Yup, and aside from Firefox for Android, I don't remember the last time I needed to "refresh" Firefox, and even on Android, I only need to do it like once/year.
  It's really a non-issue.

Anon has left their chambers.

Firefox actually doesn't break. And it's also not Chrome with a layer of paint. So that's the obvious solution. Degoogled Chromium is the other.
- It 100% can break due to updates. I've had compatibility get broken out of nowhere before, it's rare but it does happen. Typically it's due to some config change or something with security settings that was changed. Idk. But it does happen and it can be very annoying to fix.
  I say this as a loyal Firefox user ever since I got fed up with Vivaldi. I appreciate Firefox for being what I consider the only decent browser currently available but even then I'm disillusioned to it's issues.

The only issues I've had with Firefox is when some websites, like Teams, doesn't "support" it. Even though if you change the browser's identifier (there's an extension for that) then it works fine, they just don't "officially support" it.
- I'm also like 90% sure that "we don't support it" is artificial, been meaning to test it.
  My Firefox install at the office works fine with Teams but will refuse to load at home. I think it might be a version issue, but I'll try to establish parity to make sure it's not Microsoft being fucky thinking they can shaft anyone using Firefox/Linux outside of the office.
  
  One workaround has been to spoof your Firefox user agent so Teams believes it's Chrome, and would you believe it the feature worked. I don't know if this trick is still relevant.

Been using Firefox for what I think is 2 years now, haven't had any major problems as far as I recall.
- Yah I don't know what anon is doing to his PC when no one is looking but it can't be good. Firefox for at least 13 years here and never had an issue I didn't cause myself.
  
  ah that is because this is an echochamber and all unliked submissions and comments get deleted. so, you remember weave?

Brave is basically all of the above. I genuinely don't get how anyone is braindead enough to fall for their "privacy" advertising.
- The intro-to-programming instructor at the school I work at loves it. But he also has a GME To The Moon sticker on his PC. Seems to be a beloved instructor
- Could you fill me in as to why Brave is only advertiaed as secure? I understand the ads/crypto thing, but if you arent opted into that and just block the ads, is there anythimg else? I also understand its a Chromium browser, but that doesnt mean google has their hooks in it (necessarily).
- IDK, their ad blocker seems to work, so that puts it away ahead of the rest of the Chromium browsers.
  But uBlock Origin on Firefox is even better, so I only use Brave to test apps in Chromium.

Firefox and all its forks break every two months requiring a refresh every two months
Meanwhile me here with the same Firefox profile since 2017

Brave and apple are big astroturfers on 4chan. Always running ad campaigns in the form of 'organic comments'.

Soo, chromium again… just with a few plugins and crypto shit. Or has brave stopped using those?

I will not stand for this Firefox slander! I have been using it for literal decades, and never had an issue with it that was not the fault of the website or a shitty extension. No idea why anon thinks it is unstable
- Because Anon is a moron

- You've obviously never met a web developer
  
  As a web developer, I'm ok with all browsers except Safari
- JFC seriously. This is too much.

Since when is WebKit exclusive to MacOS?
- I love that I can basically test for Safari on Linux using GNOME Web.
  
  Angry Konqueror noises
- I think some people still use Konqueror.
- It's probably when Chrome abandoned WebKit.
  I believe there was a version of Safari on Windows but that stopped existing too.

I love Firefox, but it's a bit if an iron skillet, and I really wish they'd drop GTK like the hot pile of shit it is.
- Can you enlighten me on the problems with GTK, I don't really know much about it?

To be fair, back in the day Firefox was literally not as good as Chrome. Then enshittification and Google deciding being "evil" was fine...

B-but I like my Chinese botnet! It's the smoothest browser around with tons of nifty features for browsing built-in and was the first to introduce tabs back then.
- Also used to be a big opera fan back in the day. But it just isn’t what it used to be…
  
  Used to hype up Whatsapp long long ago, now it's shit. Used to hype up Opera long long ago, now it's shit.
  I'm gonna do everyone a favor and never be excited about anything ever again. I will single-handedly manifest the end of enshittification.
  
  Same... it was once neat, no longer.
  
  I followed the devs to Vivaldi and I've been very happy.
- The world's most advanced GAMING BROWSER!!
  
  I still don't know what that's about. I guess it's for the ADHD crowd who need to browse while gaming or something?
- And everything is already in the Chinese cache, it's so efficient!
  
  I wish. Anything across the Great Firewall is a goddamn chore to get.

Firefox on mobile does have one small problem, and that is the fact that whenever I enter full screen mode, the app just exits on its own. No worries, I can just reopen it.
On desktop, Firefox has never let me down.
- Glad to know I'm not crazy. I tried so many things to get it to work but it's always force close and reopen. I don't really use full screen too often and that's the only issue I've had in the last few years.
  
  For some reason, another problem I seem to have is that videos play at a very small frame rate until I rewind the video, but then the problem returns if I pause and play.
  I don't know if this is a problem with my phone specifically or if it's a Firefox problem.

Floorp Browser

arc windows might not have all the features arc mac os has but it's still a solid browser. love the split view and how i can hid the tabs on side.
- Yeah they’re also aware that it’s not good right now and actively improve it.
  
  if bug fixes are what you mean yeah, not the feature parity.

Meanwhile me using Edge because it's goddamn comfy to use :|

should've tried palemoon

ungoogled chromium. Takes a bit of setup to get it secure, updating and work with the chrome web store. I write my own extensions apart from the ad blocker.
it's a browser, with no extra crap apart from the option to extend it

Waterfox is a great Firefox Fork imo