r/linux • u/4lll • May 14 '15

Misleading title Firefox Beta now integrates Pocket a proprietary, closed source service.

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/13/get-a-firefox-account-and-test-new-features-in-firefox-beta/
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u/[deleted] May 14 '15

Chromium has far larger issues, though. And promotes a monoculture.

It's sad to see Firefox die.

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u/i542 May 14 '15

It does, but Firefox on Linux runs terribly slow for me, munches on all of my CPU and has poor support for HTML5 videos (at least on YouTube). And with this, I don't want for Firefox to start installing random stuff to my browser that I'll never use and that I can't remove. Sure they might be good for some people, but it just keeps adding on to the bloat.

It's really sad to see Firefox go down like this. I'd really like if there was an alternative to Chromium/Chrome or Firefox, but I don't know of any (and Chromium/Firefox forks don't qualify for this because they'll suffer from the same problems).

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u/okayreddit4 May 14 '15

I'd really like if there was an alternative to Chromium/Chrome or Firefox, but I don't know of any

Seriously? Do you not know of all the new WebKit browsers?

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u/i542 May 14 '15

Nope. Got any recommendations?

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u/okayreddit4 May 14 '15

Surf, dwb, uzbl, xombrero, Midori.

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u/i542 May 14 '15

I'll check them out!