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Hilariously the thing that got me to go back to @firefox was Google making adblocking suck on chromium based browsers and trying to force their (repeatedly) spy-ware fill (hachyderm.io)
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Hilariously the thing that got me to go back to @firefox was Google making adblocking suck on chromium based browsers and trying to force their (repeatedly) spy-ware filled ads (particularly on youtube) to be displayed. Like you spent how many billions trying to make chrome "the thing" and now you are destroying any goodwill.

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[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is this "hilariously"? Isn't that like...the whole point?

[–] angermcs@hachyderm.io 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@totallynotarobot Google's point w/ the adblocking changes was to drive everyone back to Firefox? Away from the browser they've spent billions on?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they know nobody but the tech savvy people care. I just saw someone watch a YouTube ad on their phone in real life

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I know it's close to Halloween but please use a spoiler tag or a trigger warning if you're going to tell us such a terrifying story

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess people are not a fan of how it looks by default. Me, I just use a gtk4 skin to make it look like epiphany.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is your experience with the gtk4 skin? I've used it for a bit around the time the switch to libadwaita happened, but for me the default firefox skin is better.

[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Who cares about looks? Function over form always. (edited)

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you got the saying backwards