I use it because it has a built in adblocker, and well it just works.

There is some crypto bullfuck and AI shit you can easily opt out off, and some talk about some CEO making homophobic comments.

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    All those browser extensions you need to make Firefox private ends up fingerprinting you. Brave has all of that by default, so sites of sites can’t easily differentiate you from other Brave users.

    Also, Firefox still doesn’t have tab groups on mobile. Chromium has had that feature for years and Firefox hasn’t bothered to keep up at all. That’s a non-starter for me

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      Fingerprinting

      Not important to me. But understandable

      tab groups

      I actively disable that on everything I use it with (even in the about:config flag)

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      Then switch to a Firefox fork that’s built for security rather than a Slop Browser built on data mining you (that’s all the built-in AI is) and that’s supporting crypto shit and has a bigoted CEO

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        You’re forgetting the major point that Firefox still doesn’t have tab groups on mobile. That’s a complete dealbreaker. If they can’t be bothered to do that I would honestly be better off running Tor

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          Tried to see if there’s a browser extension for that?

          Also, this really feels like the one meme from community.

          You’re the blonde girl right now

          I can excuse homophobia, crypto, and AI slop, but I draw the line at not having tab groups

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            Have you not been paying attention to Mozilla lately? They’re barely any better on this.

            And on the racism point, we’re talking about an internet browser. If you’re going that far you’d have to throw out the Call of Cthulu rpg because Lovecraft was a racist or stop driving cars because Henry Ford was a Nazi.

            We’re comparing 2 different browsers, and the one everyone is recommending here (Firefox) is filling itself with AI and ads just like the one you’re all bashing. The only difference is one has a feature that I can’t do without, and Mozilla has been completely dropping the ball for years at catching up.

            Get your red herring bullshit out of here.

            And FYI, don’t bother responding. You’re clearly not arguing in good faith and you’re not worth wasting any more time on

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              Then just use a fork.

              May as well cause Lovecraft

              No, cause he’s long dead, idiot. The homophobic asshole CEO is still alive

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      Why would you want tab groups on mobile? There is no real estate available to bother.

      Also, on mobile, Firefox focus is the best general purpose browser when you are just looking up things. Adblock is built in, all cookies are dropped on close.

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        On Chromium, when you’re in a tab group you get a narrow toolbar on the bottom to quickly swap between tabs or even close tabs. When looking something up, you can pick 2-3 pages in the results to open up in the group and flip between them quickly to compare and build consensus. Without that on Firefox, switching between tabs takes 3 taps and it’s really annoying.

        In addition, tab groups end up filling the same function as separate browser windows. They server as a way to scroll through tab topics in a very condensed manner, since I can have one tab group for Skyrim mods, another for gardening, one for 3D printing, etc. So then you scroll through topics instead of having to scroll past 20 tabs on one topic, 12 tabs on another, etc.

        What I personally don’t get is why Mozilla insisted on implemented them on desktop instead. Tab groups are just redundant in that application. Maybe someone else finds a use for them (and that’s good), but it’d be better for them to fill out a missing niche first before adding more.

        Also, I’ve noticed some people recommend Firefox’s tab collections. Those are not the same thing. They’re just glorified bookmarks.

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          Chromium

          Where do you get chromium? I looked at Fdroid but didnt see it.

          I stick to what I said, on mobile I hardly ever use the browser except for the one thing I am looking at. So I don’t group tabs, or even use tabs at all.

          I can appreciate that your use case on a mobile browser is very different than mine. Sounds like Firefox did miss the mark for you.

          Thanks for the reply.

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        Why would you want tab groups on mobile? There is no real estate available to bother.

        You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about

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          I think I do, but enlighten me. I don’t even bother with tabs on mobile why would I bother with groups? There just isn’t enough room to manage them.