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minus-squareZephorah@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhy are people still using chrome? I don’t think anyone in this house had it past 2012.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s still faster than Firefox (especially on mobile) and integrates better with Google’s password manager. In any case this is an issue with a Chrome extension, not Chrome itself. Nothing stops bad actors doing the same with Firefox extensions.
minus-squaredallen@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe market share and generally more tech savvy user base are probably discouraging.
Why are people still using chrome? I don’t think anyone in this house had it past 2012.
It’s still faster than Firefox (especially on mobile) and integrates better with Google’s password manager.
In any case this is an issue with a Chrome extension, not Chrome itself. Nothing stops bad actors doing the same with Firefox extensions.
The market share and generally more tech savvy user base are probably discouraging.