Why Bother With uBlock Origin Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox
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    • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      481·
      2 years ago

      That was Internet Explorer 20 years ago and look where we are now.

      I personally can’t remember the last time I had issues with a site on Firefox in the last few years since I switched.

      • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        The teams web app was borked for me on Firefox at one point. Idk if it’s still like that. Also Google Chat or whatever tf it’s called now disables a bunch of features on Firefox.

        Still worth it to switch. 99% of websites work just fine. They basically have to intentionally design sites to not work with FF.

        • Bogasse@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          Ah yes wtf is Teams doing!? Some arbitrary features are blocked on Firefox, like you can’t direct call someone but you can be part of a group call 🤪

          But I don’t think Microsoft’s online suite is a reference, most of it feels buggy or bloated at best.

        • Veticia@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          When I was using Firefox I felt like spoofing user agent was essential to make websites work the way they were supposed to. I could loose some rounded corners here and there but it was still better that some features completely missing

      • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Been using it for years, and the only few times I had issues was due to worthless websites creating artificial obstacles with an “unsupported browser/OS” page or banner rather than something actually breaking for being incompatible.

    • ysjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      2 years ago

      I keep seeing this sentiment on these posts, often with a suspicious number of up votes that don’t seem to correlate how many up votes everything else in the topic get.

      Literally the only place I have EVER seen this issue was a state toll road website, which was using a timezones that didn’t actually exist but chrome added (and documented on the Internet to trick people into using it). A simple email to the website with an explanation and the correct timezones name and the problem was fixed.

      Pretty sure a lot of this sentiment is either astroturfing, or people passing on astroturfing trying to be helpful.

      • sfxrlz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, I’ve been exclusively using Firefox dev edition for the last 2-3 ys. I can’t remember one site not functioning properly apart from the odd visual bug from time to time.

    • The Giant Korean@lemmy.worldEnglish
      123·
      2 years ago

      I tried to bring this up as an issue back on Reddit, and I got downvoted into oblivion.

      I think sometimes switching your use agent to Chrome can bypass some issues.

      • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        Make sure to only do that temporarily and only if it’s absolutely necessary. Otherwise just avoid using said website and look for alternatives.