Just one more reason to never use Chrome. Their removal of MV2 to prevent UBlock Origin from working is another.

fidotron 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Chrome product management is horrible. Chrome software engineering is some of the best ever done.

(And no, I don't use it except for testing).

	▲	noir_lord 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don’t disagree, two or more things can be true at once. That said I still use Firefox for other reasons. I simply don’t trust google, I don’t trust Mozilla either but I do trust them more than Google and you do kinda have to have a browser to function in the modern world.

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lima 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which browser has a better security track record?

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bawolff 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Despite what people are saying here, chrome has a really excellent track record. Nobody is perfect. Switching just because chrome got exploited one time will likely result in you switching to something worse.

If you're paranoid, disable JIT.

	▲	dwattttt 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or disable JS altogether, and enjoy many sites working much quicker. Many others fail & need to be selectively allowed, but it's been worth it.

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Cider9986 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Vanadium makes improvements on Chromium. https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium

	▲	StilesCrisis 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Most of those are just changing flags, not really unique development. Like "disable JIT" is a Chromium flag. "Zero-init everything" is a Clang flag.
	▲	esseph 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Right, but it's value-add on a derivative, not its own standalone engine.

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p-e-w 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Firefox with uBlock Origin. It’s astonishing how many exploits uBO stops before they ever reach your browser engine. It’s the antivirus of the 2020s.

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armadyl 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Firefox absolutely does not have a better security track record than Chromium browsers and on top of it you’re recommending an extension as a security measure oh my god man this comment needs to be flagged dead

edit: links

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1unhtxu/initial...

https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing

	▲	yjftsjthsd-h an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm willing to believe that stock chrome has a better record than stock Firefox, but > and on top of it you’re recommending an extension as a security measure ... Yes? Why can a browser extension not be a security measure/improvement?

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Cider9986 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Brave would be a much better option if you want security and good adblocking.

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Alifatisk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I suggest Zen browser (fork of FF), it feels closer to chrome.

	▲	Barbing 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I hear about Zen. Random q: It can’t trick Canva into letting you use the color picker, or otherwise enable it, can it - if someone happens to know? (What a dumb feature to be locked to the Googlesphere.)
	▲	aleksandrm 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		What does it mean "closer to chrome"?
	▲	ZiiS 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In a good way?

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Barbing 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of all the reasons to use non-Chromium browsers whenever possible(!), this isn’t really on the list.

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armadyl 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is like saying never use seatbelts because people still die in car accidents.

Chromium is still far superior on the security front than any other browser.

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StilesCrisis 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oh, right, because other browsers never have bugs.

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lta 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If we needed any more.

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paulpauper 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

chrome has more bugs, not necessarily because it's less secure, but its popularity makes it a bigger target, so more bugs are found