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minus-squareeek2121@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·10 months agoGood luck. I switched to Firefox months ago and couldn’t be happier.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoI switched a few weeks ago, I have not been able to test it on a PC, but the Android app definitely feels slower than Chrome, Cromite and Vivaldi.
minus-squarebaru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoEnable Ublock origin. It’ll be faster when it doesn’t need to load ads.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoIt is enabled, I think the performance hit would come from Dark Reader… but it is a must have extension for me (the reason I dropped Chrome actually, since they ditched the ability to darken websites in recent chrome versions).
minus-squareJonsJava@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoSwitched? I’ve been using it since pre-1.0 I have chrome, but that’s because my company’s product uses it for our clients plugin. Only use it for work stuff.
minus-squareporkchop@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·10 months agoBrave and Arc for me! F chrome ;)
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoIdk arc but brave is just a downstream of chromium with a little less Bs. We all know the discussion.
minus-squareTheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoBrave is chrome with a fresh coat of paint
Good luck. I switched to Firefox months ago and couldn’t be happier.
Same.
I switched a few weeks ago, I have not been able to test it on a PC, but the Android app definitely feels slower than Chrome, Cromite and Vivaldi.
Enable Ublock origin. It’ll be faster when it doesn’t need to load ads.
It is enabled, I think the performance hit would come from Dark Reader… but it is a must have extension for me (the reason I dropped Chrome actually, since they ditched the ability to darken websites in recent chrome versions).
Switched? I’ve been using it since pre-1.0
I have chrome, but that’s because my company’s product uses it for our clients plugin. Only use it for work stuff.
Brave and Arc for me! F chrome ;)
Idk arc but brave is just a downstream of chromium with a little less Bs. We all know the discussion.
Brave is chrome with a fresh coat of paint