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Instructions for a better browsing experience can be found at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/
This is the way.
Firefox gets like 90% of its revenue from making Google the default search engine.
If you want to keep Firefox independent consider donating:
Bad advice. Donations to Mozilla go to the Foundation to fulfill it's 'mission', whatever it is, whereas FF development is done by Mozilla Corp. which can't legally take donations. Don't waste your money.
I think you’re over thinking it. The foundation owns the corporation. The foundation has 10 principles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Manifesto
If you agree with them, consider donating.
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A better way of turning it off is uninstalling it
On desktop, I'm really wondering why people use it. I mean it's not pre-installed for windows, what makes people choose Chrome in 2023?
To people who don't know any better it's become synonymous with "the internet", much like Internet Explorer in its heyday.
Also, websites saying that they only work with Chrome is a pretty big deal.
My apartment's website landing page shows a message that you can only access the website from chrome and safari. However, if you go to any sub url, like mainurl.com/login, it works perfectly fine on Firefox.
Same. I get an “access this site on Chrome instead” pop up every time I clock into work. I can just click through it and Firefox works just fine. But the site is hard coded to give that pop up to anyone not using chrome, even though Firefox works just fine.
I eventually got tired of it, and just used uBlock Origin’s picker tool to delete it.
I am lol'ing at all the messages freaking out about my browser on most websites when I use Internet Explorer on the shop computer that still runs windows 7 and is slow as shit. It's one of those garbo "all-in-one" desktop screen things which is basically just laptop parts from like 2008 crammed in a monitor
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I use chrome for all my work-related web apps simply because it's more reliable(the app devs fault for not testing anything else)
However I'm also not super worried. My chrome browsing is entirely related to the work I do and all my personal web stuff is done in Firefox.
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There are some web apps that only support chrome on windows (or chrome and edge). An app from my doctor’s office refused to run on FF for a while. Thankfully it now has a “try running on unsupported browser “ link so I’m not blocked. (Let’s not get into why I’m running windows)
chances are high that it will work perfectly fine on firefox. If you come across that again, try changing your user agent string to chrome.
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Firefox is a real good choice.
Here's how to turn that off:
- Uninstall Google Chrome
- Install Firefox, Ungoogled Chromium, or, heck, Vivaldi
- Stop trusting Google
There we go, problem solved.
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here's how to turn that off
... use Firefox? How are we still talking about chrome here?
Edit: yes I know many still use Chrome. That's exactly the problem. Google does shady shit, people shrug it off because insert whatever reason. Google likes that and plans the next shady shit. Rinse, repeat.
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How to turn it off: stop using chrome
TL;DR: use Firefox
Best solution: Stop using Chrome.
It's not the fastest nor the most feature rich anymore, not even the simplest.
To all the "use Firefox" people, my work website requires Chrome, so I appreciate this OP.
You can use Chromium for that. Also it's not a website then.
You can call it whatever you want, I need it for work. Also, Safari is Chromium and the site doesn't work in Safari either. Whatever the Indian coders they contracted to make it did it in some way that only Chrome works.
But if you don't want me to thank OP, fine. I withdraw my thanks.
Safari uses Apple's own WebKit. Firefox uses Gecko. Besically every other browser uses Chromium.
Uhh, whoever told you that Safari was chromium played a good prank on you
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If it blocks you from opening the page if you use firefox, there is a firefox extension(agent switcher) to trick the website into thinking you are using a different OS or browser
If it doesnt work, you can use ungoogled chromium or chromium
Edit: if neither work, you can try to use the user agent switcher extension on chromium
Chrome is not a web browser anymore. It's a ad browser.
I don't remember chrome ever looking like that with that button on the top left, did they really use a picture of Firefox with a custom theme for their article about Chrome?
The image was first used on their site in another article in 2020.
Tineye turns up a lot of usages.
The original seems to be from shutterstock, which also has an alternate angle available. The artist describes it as "Google Chrome homepage on computer screen".
In conclusion: idk if that's firefox.
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“Don’t be evil”.
You guys are using chrome?
It sounds like Google could have done a much better job announcing and explaining how the new system works. This is a definite improvement in privacy over the "cookie" standard in advertising. I don't know if turning this off just keeps you locked-in to using cookies, but it doesn't turn off identification like a lot of you seem to imply.
To those of you out there not using an adblocker: this new system eliminates the use of advertiser-based cookies. All your identification is based on a minimal number of categories based on your browsing history. It doesn't send your actual history to an advertiser, just some (5, I think?) topics that have held your interest within the last few weeks. I'm sure there's a list of these keywords sent to the ad-server so it can decide what to send. I don't really care what they are, because I'm in the next group.
To those of you out there using Firefox and/or an adblocker: carry on, nothing to see here. Keep promoting your favorite non-Chrome based browser and adblocker.
Does this only affect Chrome or other Chromium-based browsers (i.e. Edge) as well?
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Wtf is that thumbnail? Looks like pre Australis firefox ui on the get chrome page lmao
I've disabled this by never using chrome. I haven't used it in more than 6 years. Because fuck Google.
Weren't they already doing that?
Chrome didn't have the option to delete your browsing history every time you shut your browser, presumably for that exact reason.
How do I turn it off if I use Firefox already?
Ok. Imma get lambasted for this, but here goes.
I have no problem seeing ads. I respect that if I'm getting a commercial product or service for 'free', then I'm paying another way.
If I have to see ads, why not see ads that might be relevant to my interests? I mean, I'd rather see an ad for a video game than a bank.
I don't see what all the FUD is about. What the fuck are y'all surfing that you're so protective of?
Targeted advertisements can be harmful, by directing (for example) gambling ads at people who show to be prone to addiction through the websites they visit.
Ads are fine, in some way, but I do not want random companies I've never heard of to know all of my details. Details which may become hacked.
Just because "I've got nothing to hide" doesn't mean I should be happy when everyone knows all about me.
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the good old I have nothing to hide
The machanical extraction of highly personal data (did you have sex last night?) to build faux diary entries on people (this person lives alone) so others can easly pair their tailored attacks on the psyche to those who are vunrable. Were all vulnerable, just in diffrent places. Just gotta figure yours out.
I wish these systems were built to help match people with helpful products, but the non concent bugs me intensely.
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