I've been experimenting with LibreWolf on one of my machines. I haven't pushed it too hard or gone through an update cycle (I'm aware of) yet and it's been a great experience thus far.
Google Chrome can warn that all it wants.... Microsoft Edge is now the most used member of the Chrome family, and Microsoft Edge is moving towards implementing their own equivalent of uBlock built into the browser (thus, not Javascript, runs much faster).
I think they mean installed base. Every Windows 10/11 has it installed and is automatically updated every month. So Edge is the most installed Chromium browser. If Chrome’s browsing experience dips below a threshold, people can just use what’s already there in their machines.
That would make sense, but they said most used, and I find that very hard to believe. For starters, all the Windows users I know — even the most tech-unsavvy ones — avoid Edge and stick with Chrome (or Firefox).
On Android, Google Play Store says "50M+ downloads" for Edge, while Firefox (which is not a hugely popular browser on mobile) has "100M+ downloads". So it stands to reason that the vast majority of the 3 billion or so Android users stick with the default, Chrome.
"Installed" much as the Candiru fish is alleged to install itself .. zero effort or consent by the host and painful if not impossible to remove.
"Popular" isn't the right descriptor either, I have fielded many calls from relatives and aquaintainces that want "plain Windows" without the popup ads and Edge-y additions.
hear, hear! I've been using Brave for 2 years now and I can't complain. I don't remember the last time I saw any ads. I have ublock installed too just to add to the formula (no ads whatsoever).
as shady as mozilla has been for a while now, im sticking to ff. hopefully they make ff a priority again, but doubt that will happen with all the big tech money flowing in.
For the moment, the best possible solution seems to me simply disabling auto-updates. On long-term, if supermium can port over the critical fixes from chromium, ubo v2 may still survive with chrome-ish packaging.
For larger context, the ecosystem is fragmenting, and I have ~10 browser extensions that are critical to me. I don't think I will prioritize chrome's software cadence over my own preferences, thank you.
There's still uBO Lite. I tried it. It's not as good as uBO (it doesn't offer ad zapper, no Javascript, etc), but most of that stuff is probably stuff your typical user won't need, and of the community that does use uBO's more advanced features, most of them are probably on Firefox or Brave or whatever.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 37.6 ms ] threadSounds like time to Uninstall it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140185
On Android, Google Play Store says "50M+ downloads" for Edge, while Firefox (which is not a hugely popular browser on mobile) has "100M+ downloads". So it stands to reason that the vast majority of the 3 billion or so Android users stick with the default, Chrome.
"Popular" isn't the right descriptor either, I have fielded many calls from relatives and aquaintainces that want "plain Windows" without the popup ads and Edge-y additions.
Doubt it.
> and Microsoft Edge is moving towards implementing their own equivalent of uBlock built into the browser (thus, not Javascript, runs much faster).
Isn't Microsoft pushing ads onto the OS itself? If they are willing to show ads on the start menu, why would they block ads on Edge?
Red chrome's advertising is too annoying? That's okay, you can try purple chrome! Or, for the Serious Business Person, we have Microsoft Blue chrome.
Please stop recommending people replace chrome with chrome in a different color.
For larger context, the ecosystem is fragmenting, and I have ~10 browser extensions that are critical to me. I don't think I will prioritize chrome's software cadence over my own preferences, thank you.
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