What???
Mobile Firefox is STILL unable to install most extensions?

That's just pointless then.

@LukeAlmighty uBlock Origin works in both versions of Firefox... but only on desktop Chrome

@waltercool @js290
Because until 15 minutes ago, I didn't know of any alternative with a significant advantage

Google Chrome is basically a spyware, you shouldn't use it, unless you don't care about privacy.

Mozilla Firefox is crap at phone, it's slow at computer and phone, also Firefox is insecure by default and Mozilla can't be trusted.

I would suggest to go for Bromite or similar at phone, it's basically Google Chrome without any Google crap. Same with Ungoogled-Chromium at desktop.

@waltercool @js290
Privacy is an issue of such insignificance, it's hard to even start explaining.

First, it's not my problem directly. I don't feel any pain from being watched.
Second, securing my data would generate a ton of inconvenience for my daily usage.
Third, All of data about me would be leaked by people in my proximity, who don't care about privacy either.

I wasn't able to persuade my own mother of a single rule. "Just don't upload my photos on facebook". A simple rule designed especially to be of least inconvenience to her. But she doesn't care, even if she knows I cared about this rule a lot.

I mean, that's my point, if you don't care about privacy, any browser is OK, the faster with smaller memory footprint, the better.
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@waltercool @js290
I didn't say that I don't care.
It is just in the last level of requirements, far behind function, speed and morality.

@waltercool @js290
The problem with privacy is that it's kinda too late.

It's like diving to the wreckage of Titanic, to say: Hey, I think this ship is going to sink.

Or going to Twitter and say: Wait a minute, what if that birth control pill is going to have an effect on social stability?

It's impossible to fix it, but it's possible to reduce the impact.

The only solution for 100% privacy is going without cookies and javascript like GNUtards, which is ridiculous.
@waltercool @LukeAlmighty @js290 you can kinda get by with a VPN (mullvad) and set the browser to wipe cookies on session's end.
I tried that, but it's unpractical to wipe cookies on session end.

Doing log in each time I visit a website is egghhh. Also makes more user/pass transactions over internet.
The other solution would be keeping cookies from only websites you care, ignore others.
@waltercool @js290 @LukeAlmighty i just checked and falkon doesn't seem to allow selective deletion.

i could have sworn firefox does but this might be an extension.

i mean all forms of security require some amount of mindfulness. appealing to people's radical laziness is how big tech got here to begin with.
Falkon would be Perfect, if they would support parallel threads.

Not everyone likes threads on browsers, but I do, it avoids lot of issues with multitabs
@icedquinn @LukeAlmighty @js290 @waltercool

> could have sworn firefox does but this might be an extension.

there's a way to do it but it requires jumping through hoops
@icedquinn @LukeAlmighty @js290 @waltercool gotta get to the site settings menu from the url bar (only in desktop iirc)
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