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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 1 year 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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[–] babyfarmer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switch? I never left!

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I deeply regret leaving.

Growing up, I used Firefox on PC, but switched to Chrome early 2010s due to using a lot of google products for university work, and the general “google is cool” vibe that surrounded me from peers (tech/business student).

Now after a decade, I’m deeply entrenched in Google with bookmarks, passwords and habits. Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

Will probably try to make a stronger push to invest some time and switch completely during Xmas break, as it does bother me to be part of the problem, though I hate how convenient not doing anything about it is.

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had a similar history to you.

I finally decided a couple months back to start de-googling and did the following so far:

switched Google Password Manager to VaultWarden
switched Google Search Engine to searxng
switched Google Keep to Obsidian/memos
switched Google Drive/Office to Cryptpad
switched Google Chrome desktop to LibreWolf
switched Google Chrome Mobile to Fennec F-droid

Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

Well if you switched to iOS then there's not really much point as the browser backend is still the same as Safari there. Apple doesn't allow other browser engines so on iOS Firefox/Chrome/etc are all just wrappers on Apple's browser engine.

Apple is worse than Google in many ways and if you wanted to maintain control over your privacy (and even just de-google) you ironically would be better off staying on Android.

There are many great custom firmwares available for Android devices such as GrapheneOS which can truly de-google your device.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair, Chrome was vastly superior to Firefox for ages in the early 2010's