You will thank me later
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Edit: for those who somehow still think google is a good company
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
28 points (74.1% liked)
1125 readers
5 users here now
Welcome to the Google community! This is a place to discuss everything related to Google products, services, features, and discussions.
ChromeOS discussions are welcome!
General discussions about Google products, updates, tips, and related topics are welcome. However, for specific technical support, account-related inquiries, advertising questions, and other issues, please direct them to official Google support channels.
Rules
- Stay on topic: All posts should be related to Google products, services, or the Google ecosystem.
- Respectful discussions: Treat fellow community members with respect and engage in constructive discussions. Avoid personal attacks, harassment, or offensive language.
- No support inquiries: Please refrain from posting individual support inquiries or account-related issues. Use official Google support channels for assistance.
- No spam or self-promotion: Do not post spam or self-promotional content. This includes links to personal websites, blogs, or products/services.
- No illegal content: Do not share or discuss illegal content, including piracy, hacking, or copyright infringement.
- No misleading information: Avoid spreading false or misleading information about Google or its products.
- No inappropriate content: Do not post or link to any inappropriate or NSFW (Not Safe for Work) content.
- No off-topic discussions: Keep the discussions focused on Google products, services, and related topics. Avoid unrelated or off-topic discussions.
- No excessive advertising: Do not excessively promote products, services, or websites.
- Follow community guidelines: Adhere to the overall community guidelines and terms of service.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
I moved to Firefox on Android, getting rid of dark webpages was what motivated me to finally do it.
New features like logging every website you go to, basing ads off that, and requiring a login to open an incognito window...
Fuck Chrome. PoS spyware as it ever was.
I've been a long term user of Chrome. Ever since it was released really. But the whole DRM thing is alarming and last month I migrated back to Firefox. It also led me to migrating my emails to somewhere else. I'm now looking at other services but wow does it make you realise just how much I rely on Google. Partially with an android phone.
Oh I also switched to duckduckgo from Google and can't see a downgrade in search results.
I really want to move my emails but that's the most difficult part. But it's time to do it, google is going completely nuts
Honestly. If you're going to move your email then think about using an alias service first or as part of the move. That way it's so much easier to move your mailbox in the future. You also get better spam protection when you create an alias for each site. Luckily I had already invested in changing all my services to use their own email alias and pointed them to Gmail. When looking for a new mailbox provider I was receiving mail going to multiple mailboxes. Once I was happy I went down to one service and ditched the others.
Personally. I went with SimpleLogin and my own domain name. I ended up with 300 aliases. Yes that took a long time to go around updating websites! I also use Bitwarden which I used to generate the aliases using my API key from SimpleLogin.
Damn I never used aliases but that is the best way to deal with this stuff. I have to find a nice combo for this, but your recipe sounds really good. 👍
Oh god, the shitty material you pastel colours themes 😂. No thanks.
mix-up the ui a bit so users don't notice them building search into the browser ui and out of the reach of tracker and ad blockers. same idea as edge's default start page that's basically a mirror of msn, except you can't block ads on it because it's baked-in.
Lol it just looks like the firefox refresh from like 8+ yrs ago at first blush
Ugh I wan to switch to Firefox so bad but I have to use Apple’s password manager plugin to sync my passwords and they don’t support Firefox
Consider switching to Bitwarden for password management. It works on every platform I've used and is open source and free.
Bitwarden...?
Then manually transfer them to something better like bitwarden or keypass if you want to use it that bad.
That defeats the purpose. My passwords would no longer be synced to my phone
iOS supports third-party password managers.
I need to look into this for sure. I thought it only worked with their solution which syncs across devices but it also kind sucks. Thanks!
Yeah nah, I use Bitwarden on my windows desktop, Android phone, and my iPad. It all syncs perfectly.