It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox

Technology@lemmy.world – 2053 points – 8 months ago

• 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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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

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.

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