Anonymous
7/8/2025, 7:51:42 PM No.105839971![og.4ad05d4125a5[1]](/images/g/1750600703291360.png)
Is it a sinking ship for user experience and freedom to browse on your own terms? Should I consider an alternative browser?
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 7:53:45 PM No.105839988
>>105839971 (OP)
People who complain about bloat and user experience in 2025 are stuck in a past that doesn't exist anymore. Move on and accept that the alternative will always be someone else's startup, and sooner or later they will conform to something you will not like because they cannot escape the machinery of money.
People who complain about bloat and user experience in 2025 are stuck in a past that doesn't exist anymore. Move on and accept that the alternative will always be someone else's startup, and sooner or later they will conform to something you will not like because they cannot escape the machinery of money.
Anonymous
7/8/2025, 7:58:23 PM No.105840021
Mozilla and Firefox are simply the last bastion of the dot-com boom. It was founded literally because AOL had ran out of money for Netscape. All the rest of the industry was moving to Webkit and derivatives because that it was what powered the iPhone and that Internet Explorer was shit. Firefox had a four year first mover advantage over Chrome but they threw it away.
Anonymous
7/8/2025, 9:22:12 PM No.105840845
>>105839971 (OP)
What do you actually want?
If you're a developer, switch to chrome. Google more or less has a monopoly on what features they want the web to have, and therefore receive the features far in advance.
If you're just talking about:
>freedom to browse on your own terms
there is no alternative. You get firefox, which collects and sells your data, or you get chrome, which collects and sells your data. Or you get brace, which collects and sells your data but also has a crypto miner installed that is "off by default". Then you have Safari. Who the fuck cares about Safari.
Use what you wanna use, and donate money to Ladybird in the hopes that the browser delivers at least for the first 5 years before it follows the same fate.
What do you actually want?
If you're a developer, switch to chrome. Google more or less has a monopoly on what features they want the web to have, and therefore receive the features far in advance.
If you're just talking about:
>freedom to browse on your own terms
there is no alternative. You get firefox, which collects and sells your data, or you get chrome, which collects and sells your data. Or you get brace, which collects and sells your data but also has a crypto miner installed that is "off by default". Then you have Safari. Who the fuck cares about Safari.
Use what you wanna use, and donate money to Ladybird in the hopes that the browser delivers at least for the first 5 years before it follows the same fate.
