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by fetbaffe 2659 days ago
If you want to get away from Chrome my tip is to use Opera. Same engine underneath & can handle same extensions (with a proper extension installed) but without Google.

Opera also has a battery saving feature.
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dao- 2659 days ago
Opera is also closed source and has been bought by some Chinese consortium, so that may not be the best option if you want to get away from Google for privacy reasons.
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fetbaffe 2658 days ago
Correct. I just think that Google is a bigger problem than this Chinese consortium. If I practically could I would avoid both.

Tried running Edge for a while, which is gentle on battery, however Edge is just lacking.

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dao- 2658 days ago
Using Opera only superficially sidesteps the big Google problem, as you still contribute to the Chromium monoculture that reinforces Chrome's dominance and benefits Google.
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fetbaffe 2658 days ago
Yep, sad state of affairs. Sad day when Microsoft succumbed to Chromium monoculture.

However when I develop I always develop for Firefox first, but the Firefox developer tools are starting to age as well.

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dao- 2658 days ago
At least the performance issue of Firefox on Mac is being worked on and should hopefully be resolved soon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429522
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fetbaffe 2658 days ago
Even though PWA:s are good in theory, will it only increase Google's grip on the web?

Has the web standards become so complex that it is inevitable that we will have a Chromium monoculture?

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pps 2658 days ago
> should hopefully be resolved soon

I want to believe, but I heard that multiple times and still can't even open simplest html websites without hearing the pain of my machine.

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