Finally migrated back to Firefox today after a multi year user of Chrome.

What pushed me over the edge? Most of my app icons (keep, pulse, calender, whatsapp) stopped opening in their own windows again.

I had to install the PWA extension in Firefox to get that working again, and it’s going to be a slight hassle having to copy and paste URLs from all those windows, but I’m tired of fixing the task bar icons.

Could’ve gone to Edge since it would work out of the box, but I like Firefox. (except for no native PWA support.)

Edit: found I can right click links in the PWA instances and use the send to other device option to open them in my main Firefox window.

  • @cheezoid2
    3•11 months ago

    Genuinely curious, and I intend to switch back in the near future, but I’ve also been using chrome for years now with uBlock and YouTube has remained ad-less to this day. Has something changed recently?

      • @1984@lemmy.today
        9•11 months ago

        I would block Google on dns level at home if my kid and partner didn’t use it for work. Google is so shitty.

      • @cheezoid2
        3•11 months ago

        Right, but wouldn’t that mean Firefox+uBlock would also stop working for YouTube as well?

          • @rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
            3•11 months ago

            What a time to be alive eh?

            Yeah, haha, the days of monopolistic companies taking away your options and forcing you into a paid pigeon hole. We’re sliding down the slope and picking up speed.

          • @cheezoid2
            3•11 months ago

            Ha, yes that’s what I was concerned about. FF still definitely a better option. Thanks for the explanation!