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Interesting. I switched to Firefox and will stay there, but I must say, Chrome is the most polished browser I've used. Firefox is a weird buggy mess that constantly freezes.
The Android version is clunky as hell, also.
Not to mention they finally fixed an issue with the print dialog in Firefox after months and me reporting it every single update.
Still sticking with Firefox, though.
You're getting downvoted for an opinion, but I'm upvoting you because I actually want to know the downsides of switching, because I'm considering it myself. Is there any truth to what you're saying, or do people just not like you saying something bad about firefox? I don't mind downsides to switching, I'd just like to be aware of them first so I don't get surprised and frustrated.
My guess would be that calling it a weird buggy mess that freezes all the time does not line up with most people's experience.
I've been using Firefox since before it was Firefox and have no idea what he's talking about.
Firefox had multiple full rewrites because it was losing marketshare due to performance. They market this as quantum and they are very up front about it.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-firefox-quantum/
I'm glad your experience with firefox has been perfect for decades. Doesn't mean I'm wrong.
I never said it was perfect, I said your "weird, buggy, freezing mess" assessment didn't align with most people's experience.
I remember the quantum rewrite, that was 6 years ago, not terribly relevant today.
I also don't blame Firefox for Google screwing with non-chrome browsers. We saw the same thing 20 years ago with IE.