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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[–] Plagiatus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still don't see that they broke FF specifically, they're fighting back against adblockers, including the ones in browsers like brave.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They added a literal sleep(5000) to the javascript for youtube accessed via firefox.

[–] NekkoDroid@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. Hasn't been happening on my Firefox
  2. There have been reports on other browsers as well, so this isn't a firefox specific issue (p sure I've seen some people that use chrome claim they had this issue)
[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also, 3. That was meant to target ad blockers, not Firefox users

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From what I've gathered from other threads, it's meant to target ad blockers, not Firefox users. It appears though that Firefox users ended up in the crossfire, while uBO can be rigged to block the sleep() function in that case, nullifying the wait.