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Is there a reason why? Less funding? Web devs don't make the pages Firefox friendly? Since the user base is smaller, they just don't care?

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[-] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago

Web devs don't make the pages Firefox friendly? Since the user base is smaller, they just don't care?

correct

also in the case of Google controlled websites the errors are often deliberately introduced to sabotage firefox

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Wait, what? Do you have a source on this?

[-] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago

The browser war has been long and bloody, but here's a current battle.

[-] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 5 months ago

Didn't that turn out to be an issue related to adblockers?

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Adblockers existed so google took it out on all of Firefox, the collateral being a win-win to their monopoly

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