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Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government (www.brycewray.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even Opera is now Chrome....

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Opera, chrome, but with CCP data theft and monitoring

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the last reason to even consider using it goes out the window 🙄 Thanks for the heads-up.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to even mention the fact a Chinese company owns Opera. Why is it even being considered?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it wasn't based on the Chrome engine (initially, anyway). That's actually a significant enough reason to at least consider it. I've never used Opera precisely because of its origins (honestly I thought it was Russian, though there's not much practical difference in this case), but innovation is innovation. The fewer non-Chrome browsers exist, the worse off we all are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah, didn't know how old that doc was. Opera only switched to Chrome in 2013 or so.

But yeah, I agree. That's why I support Ladybird's and Servo's development. They are the best bet to help stop the duopoly. If only Opera would BSD-license and open source their Presto Engine I would love to see someone pick up development of that. Instead we get Opera putting jumpscares in their browser .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've not even heard of those two, I've stuck with Firefox for so long. I'll check them out, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're both pretty new so dont expect a ton of stuff but they are both under heavy development and have funding. Enjoy!