If you're in lemmy and not using Firefox, then something is wrong

Chrome lost me completely when they announced the plan to change the browser's framework so that it would no longer be possible to block ads. Google is currently delaying the release but it will come someday.

Firefox has rarely let me down in the 10-ish years I've been using it.

Firefox all the way. Three versions in daily use here.

Firefox is the last bastion for defending user rights (see the whole manifest v3 saga).

If it wasn't the amazing browser it still is, I'd still pick Firefox for that sole reason.

Plus, did I say it's amazing already?

Better? That's tough. I think it comes down to preference and options. I've been using Firefox for ages. It's flexible and fast. It's the only meaningful competition to the Chrome universe. I'm used to the aesthetic and love it. YMMV.

In terms of privacy, then Firefox wins. Performance probably goes with Chrome, but not as much as it used to be to be a real concern for most users. Firefox has improved itself on performance over the years. Also, Firefox isn't planning on crippling its extensions to the extent that it affects the quality of ad-blockers, etc.

I'm not touching anything google with a 10m pole... Chrome will not end up on any of my systems.

Chromium or forks of that would be ok I guess. But I'll stick to FireFox.

Didn't Chrome break add blocking? Or did they change their mind?

Still Firefox has add-ons in mobile and it works great, even if you mainly use it on desktop the UI feels better

I see no reason to use chrome over Firefox unless you really need it.

I’d say that if both are equally good for what you use, you should use Firefox. Firefox is the only browser besides safari that’s popular and not using chromium. It’s quite important that it stays popular IMO because the way things are right now, an advertising company (google) can pretty much define and control any internet standards.

It depends on your criteria, but in general certainly Firefox.

I switched to Firefox because Chrome was getting slow and sometimes just refusing to open anything on some of my devices. Firefox has been faster and more stable. It has most of the same plugins. The only thing it's worse at is form filling on non English pages, and translation.

This isn't a very productive argument.

Google is evil, Google writes code to create Chromium. Google builds Chrome on Chromium - therefore Chrome is evil.

Firefox is Good.

Which one is better?

That all depends on whether you want the entire internet to be owned by Google...

I find Firefox is good to use, and if it fails (for example, to give me microphone access in Translate) then I do the job in a Chrome webapp.

Firefox should be default, and keep Chrome in reserve for some things that won't run in Firefox - simple.

Better at what?

But yeah it's shitty Chrome because it's shiny, always highly adopted and implements the new fancy stuff that hasn't been even introduced into the spec.

Firefox is the morally right choice so. Not a memory hog, is stable and robust. Has all the Extensions you need and is overall really pleasent.

Sadly for some reason widevine doesn't run with it and always crashes on my machine thus I have to use chrome to watch/listen DRM streams.

Every time I think, what more could a browser possibly be asked to do? Someone pops up with a new Firefox extension that does something totally cool. I imagine the other browser, Chrome in all its manifestations, does some fine things too - but if it were really great, why would there be so many variations produced?

@ctrl depends on what you need. If you need extremely high performance or the newest cutting-edge features, you're better with chrome. If you favor privacy and customizability (including AdBlocking) you should use Firefox.

I used chrome for quite a while, since Firefox didn't support WebXR, but now I switched back to Firefox. I've had a few more performance problems on Firefox, including crashes, but only rarely.

It depends on what you mean by better Privacy and customizability? Firefox Ease of use and compatability? Chrome