[DangerousPie]

I use Firefox and Chrome at the same time and I don't really notice any difference. Maybe a bit for Google apps (Hangouts, Docs, Meet, etc) but I just see that as a symptom of Google's attempts at using their market dominance to harm competitors, which makes me want to use Firefox even more.

[jk7tarYZAQNpTQa]

It seems to me that Google is always trying to make their products run much slower on browsers that aren't Chrome.

[cratermoon]

It's unlikely they put any effort into intentionally make them run slower, it's just that they are written to work optimally on Chrome and minor differences in the behavior of things like the V8 vs. SpiderMonkey and Blink vs Gecko. Given that each one is written with different tradeoffs, it's not surprising things perform differently.

Whether or not the Google programmers use specific proprietary knowledge about the behavior of Chrome to optimize performance is different. If they do, that would be similar to the things that got Microsoft in trouble.

[clankyclanker]

I'd agree with you, except for Google's long and sordid history of doing exactly that, time and time again (found with a 30-second search):

https://tech.co/news/google-slowed-youtube-firefox-edge-2019...

https://www.techspot.com/news/79672-google-accused-sabotagin...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-mozilla-exec-google-has...

Google knows that every time they release a Firefox bug, FF's user percentage goes down a tiny bit. Repeat over dozens of bugs, for years, and you have a strategy.

There's one blog post from another Mozillian that I can't find anywhere that came out within the last year with other examples, I think it was on HN.

[bscphil]

> There's one blog post from another Mozillian that I can't find anywhere

You are looking for https://web.archive.org/web/20180728122724if_/https://twitte...

[ficklepickle]

I read that post. It was enough to convince me of malice at the time. I don't have the link though.

[samstave]

What is your opinion of Brave Browser.

I use Brave + Ublock exclusively.

[DangerousPie]

I haven't tried Brave, never understood the point of it. What does Brave + uBlock offer you that Firefox + uBlock doesn't?

[BrendanEich]

I hope you mean uBlock Origin.

Brave and uBO share filter tech and we aim to make uBO unnecessary (this may require setting shields to aggressive). We do much more than any extension can do, and Google has made it clear they will further restrict extension APIs.

https://www.theregister.com/2019/05/29/google_webrequest_api...

https://brave.com/privacy-updates-7/ (latest in series)

[DangerousPie]

What does Google restricting APIs in Chrome have to do with Firefox? I haven't heard of any plans like that from them.

[usernameak]

Firefox has had same API as Chrome for a while.