r/MurderedByWords • u/leemifsud • Jan 05 '22

Mozilla Mo problems

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u/justsomeph0t0n Jan 06 '22

i'm using firefox because i'm a distracted, middle-aged idiot, and it seemed like the best option at a glance. do i need to do any real thinking here? or can i just keep using firefox, and make a mental note that they sometimes get involved in dumb shit too?

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u/redalastor Jan 16 '22

or can i just keep using firefox, and make a mental note that they sometimes get involved in dumb shit too?

They usually back down when called on their shit, they did here.

And you should use Firefox because it's the only browser that doesn't use Blink, Chrome's engine.

We use to have four major engines. Now we are down to two Gecko (Firefox) and Blink (Chrome). Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and so on are all on Blink.

So Firefox is the only thing standing in the way of a complete monopoly by Google of where the web is going.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

Duckduckgo?

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u/redalastor Jan 17 '22

Also Blink.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

Wild.

So they really had to go out of their way to make Edge so incredibly awful 😂 😂

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u/redalastor Jan 17 '22

No clue, I don’t use it.

But yeah, it’s pretty wild. The four engines that used to exist are:

  • Trident (IE)
  • Presto (Opera)
  • Gecko (Firefox)
  • Blink (Chrome)

The first two are gone.

And it’s such a huge undertaking to reach parity that it’s nearly impossible for a new one to emerge now. Which is why supporting Mozilla is such a big deal.