Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor@mastodon.social)
mastodon.world
It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable. We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
  • chrisgestapo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    11 months ago

    IIRC they switched to webextensions in Firefox 57 in 2017. Even before that it was never the browser with the biggest market share, and Chrome had already got a huge market share in 2017.

    I’ve been using Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox as my default browser since 2003. Never understood the appeal of Chrome.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Even before that it was never the browser with the biggest market share

      Between 2005 and 2007 it sort of felt like that for me. All kinds of computer-illiterate people were switching to Firefox.

      I actually remember when Chrome first became a thing, I tried it then, used for some time as something cool, and then got back to Opera.

        • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I switched directly from IE to Opera, and then used mostly Opera until it died, and then Firefox.