Containers addon. And it has bookmarks decades old. Remove both and I wouldn't care much. I'm also more familiar with it. It feels more natural due to this. I feel more comfortable on it. More at home, less scared.
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Itβs the default browser on my computer, and it doesnβt suck, so Iβm not motivated to seek an alternative.
I've been using FF for years now, probably since the quantum update. Tbh, the thing that prevented me to switch to any other browser since is the ctrl+tab functionality. I HATE cycling through tabs in any other order than by most recent tab. I didn't find a setting to change it on chrome when I was forced to use it for work, but in FF it's easily found in the settings and probably was on by default at some point as I don't recall ever changing it.
In recent years the privacy aspect and the fact that it isn't made by google have also played a role in why I've stuck with firefox. Also extension support on android, although the browser is still a bit slower than chrome on mobile.
Because I need to browse the web.
I use it to protest Google's bullshit, but I still acknowledge all problems Firefox has and that all in all, Chromium is superior in many ways
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Many reasons, but the main one is being able to self-host the sync server. It's just crazy that the entire browsing history of most people on the internet is stored on Google servers, with no e2e encryption!
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It's a good compromise of everything I care about regarding a digital product.
The developer tools are top notch. Chrome is slower and sucks.
against google/chromium monopoly.
Because I like it the best
Doing my bit to support the open web. Plus, while it's probably just familiarity, I've always felt that Firefox works with me while Chrome works against me.
To be honest, because it was pre-installed in Linux Mint. I got a first laptop, and I didn't know differences between Windows and GNU+Linux. Hell, I was searching for "pure Linux". I didn't know that's just kernel, neither what kernel is anyway. And I just decided for Mint. At the time, I considered Windows "just another distribution or whatever".
I did get to briefly use school computers before that. There I preferred internet explorer over both Chrome and Firefox. Yeah. Chrome kept crashing, Firefox didn't load many pages (it was probably well outdated) but IE just worked, much faster than Chrome, somehow.
There are no other options.
I hope ladybird will become usable in few years.
I dont like Chrome have so big market share. Also it is making less dumb desions for me, you can actually disable stuff I dont like.
I like Lynx
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.
Because the only thing it doesn't have that I miss from edge is the vertical tabs, otherwise its just better in every way that matter to me.
And before someone mentions it, I am aware there are vertical tab options, but none of them are the close enough.
- Privacy, security, speed.
- Google has enough of my data and I want to diversify.
- Chrome and Edge are pigs full of feature bloat.
On top of what everyone else said: I REALLY hate the UI design of Chrome. We just donβt get along. Firefox always worked well for me.
Because I used the old mozilla browser back in the 90s and when it switched to calling firefox I kept on using it.
Honestly I'm just used to it. Using it now for probably about two decades.
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.
Have you ever used it's DevTools? Chrome DevTools feels outdated in comparison
Not Chromium, Extremely customizable and configurable, and add-on support on mobile, to name a few reasons.
Tree Style Tab
And lack of (what I would consider) a good alternatives.
Itβs not Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.
I just don't like monopolies, and right now everything else is chrome
Like the logo and it works as well as the alternatives