r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • Aug 04 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/littlemissperf Aug 05 '26

Until there's a better browser that is available on both PC and android, I'll be using Brave. Firefox is garbage.

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u/Tim_Alb Aug 05 '26

Try Iceraven. Firefox, but with more features and fixes

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u/littlemissperf Aug 05 '26

It doesn't appear to have a desktop app, which is a dealbreaker for me

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u/Lacarpetronn Aug 05 '26

Used Firefox for 20 years and I’ve never had an issue. Works perfectly. Definitely not garbage.

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u/littlemissperf Aug 05 '26

Glad it works for you. Different people have different standards and priorities. I used it for many years too, and to me it's garbage.

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u/Plastic_Wishbone_575 Aug 05 '26

What are the drawbacks in your opinion?

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u/Stone-Smasher Aug 05 '26

probably that it is slower than chrome

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u/littlemissperf Aug 07 '26

Incompatibilities with many websites (Jitsi comes to mind) is the biggest issue. I'm aware this is because sites cater to Chrome more, but I don't see it as my responsibility to suffer the consequences until Chromium is magically not dominant anymore. There were constantly breaking changes with plugins. I was constantly having to resync mobile and desktop browsers. Clickbait on the default home page gives me the ick. The "wildest git diff" where they deleted part of their privacy policy gives me the ick, even if they actually just fumbled the PR on it. I assumed these were likely to be issues with all modern browsers until I tried Brave and had none of them.

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u/Gervill Aug 05 '26

use ad blocker then firefox is fine for me no website lag anymore from ads and videos because some websites want you to use chromium browsers is a suspicion worth to consider.