Post AbV3DbxKH8Bn6aVT9M by gunther@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AbV3DXnFkdksCBlMtU by gunther@fosstodon.org
       2023-11-05T14:14:57Z
       
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       It's amazing how much blind loyalty people have to #GoogleChrome. I was attending a lecture the other day where the lecturer clicked on a YouTube link from their presentation and when they realized the computer has automatically opened it in #MicrosoftEdge, they closed the window and reopened it in Chrome! Why?!
       
 (DIR) Post #AbV3Db0pmbOwBB8kym by didek@101010.pl
       2023-11-05T15:02:33Z
       
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       @gunther I think with this example Chrome doesn't matter. I'll switch to Firefox purely of being used to it, because my privacy and freedom choices determine what am I used to, but while using computer we take path of least resistance in our head.But I can't get over something different. When I try to promote Firefox and someone reposonds that "Chrome sync all my booksmarks and history with my phone", like if other browser could not do it. I even get being used too or not having time, but some people are so blindly following the most popular thing...
       
 (DIR) Post #AbV3DbxKH8Bn6aVT9M by gunther@fosstodon.org
       2023-11-05T14:17:57Z
       
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       Personally, I'm not crazy about either browser, but there's literally no difference in this context. Edge and Chrome are both Chromium-based and are functionally identical for the purposes of playing a YouTube video. It's crazy how much the "uninstall Internet Explorer and use Chrome instead" mentality from 1-2 decades ago (back when it made some sense) persists into 2023 when it really doesn't.