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by shockinglytrue 2247 days ago
I'm a diehard Firefox fan, but I will be honest: its JS and rendering performance is garbage compared to Chrome.

I play games and use complex web apps (GCloud, Office 365) exclusively in Chromium
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AsyncAwait 2247 days ago
It's worth pointing out that Google cripples its apps in Firefox intentionally and since Edge is now basically Chrome, MS probably, (perhaps unintentionally?), follows suit.
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levosmetalo 2247 days ago
> I'm a diehard Firefox fan, but I will be honest

No, you are not. You are a Google marketing tool.

And this is not ad-hominem from my side, since you made a claim about yourself the main part of your argument.

Google is known for intentionally crippling Firefox performance on their services. That doesn't make Firefox itself slower.

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shockinglytrue 2247 days ago
You're cute :)

Unfortunately the Firefox codebase itself is the only marketing tool at work here. I still use Firefox for everything else, not least due to the fact it isn't trying to swindle every last private detail out of me, but for work stuff and gaming (O365/GCloud) I don't really care about any of that.

Hiding behind lies and random personal attacks will not make Firefox better, but comparisons to its main competitor in key areas might help

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pixxel 2247 days ago
I’m not seeing a lie. Google intentionally cripples/degrades software in Firefox. Hell, Google degrades YouTube viewed in iOS Safari because they want me to install the app.
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