Google is trying to put the web in a cage in the same way they put your devices in a cage (Android, ChromeOS).

There’s one really easy, simple and efficient way to fight them: uninstall Chrome/Chromium, use #firefox

Do it. Now.

– But I prefer Chrome because of…

If you are not ready to sacrifice a little comfort (so little, Firefox is great) to save the web, then you don’t deserve a free web anyway. You are part of those killing it.

Remove Chrome. Install Firefox.

(with adblockers)

@ploum What do you think of Chromium browsers like Brave?
@jwinstonsf @ploum brave is a platform to push ponzicoins
@jwinstonsf @ploum @ubergeek But it's pretty much our last option. Mozilla is almost dead. Safari is macOS / Apple exclusive. We're fucked.
@cameronbosch @jwinstonsf @ploum it's not an option, and as long as Firefox is FLOSS, it's not dead.

@jwinstonsf @ploum @ubergeek Does Firefox have PWA support? SSB support? Did it not have issues with the Debian community that caused it to be forked? Did they almost let Thunderbird rot? And did the executives not act like a$$holes when confronted about their unpopular changes?

No.
No. (they killed it).
Yes.
Yes.
And f**k yes.

@cameronbosch @jwinstonsf @ploum I don't worry about PWAs too much, and yes, Debian required a rebuilt one without proprietary trademarks...

@ubergeek @cameronbosch @jwinstonsf @ploum you may not worry about PWAs but others do.

Mozilla is asleep at the wheel.

I badly WANT to love Firefox but dozens of silly little niggles add up to make it that little bit less pleasant and little bit less useful.

Now for those of us closer to the subject we can work with that. But to “win” we need the masses who just want a browser to work & be “comfortable”. Mozilla needs to do better to actually achieve their stated aims.

@wiredfire @ubergeek @jwinstonsf @ploum Bingo. All of these "little" missing features add up to make a browser that I actively try to avoid. And it's a shame too, because with better leadership, this could have all been avoided.