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 corbin   ( @corbin@infosec.pub )  to TechnologyEnglish · 1 年前

What is Firefox supposed to do?

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What is Firefox supposed to do?

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 corbin   ( @corbin@infosec.pub )  to TechnologyEnglish · 1 年前
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Firefox now collects data for advertisers. It's not actually scary, but there is a bigger problem.
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    Were having radically different experiences. Firefox consumes way less power than chrome on all my machines

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      Ditto

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      Chrome needs to be reinstalled every once in a while for some reason, or it will underperform.

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        It drains battery on fresh installs for me. I just don’t bother. I don’t really see the appeal of chrome tbh. Obviously I have to use it occasionally since google content locks shit and so do employers, but there’s like… No real reason I’d use it as a daily driver. For my use cases and hardware its just plain worse

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