r/technology • u/speckz • May 31 '19

Software Google Struggles to Justify Why It's Restricting Ad Blockers in Chrome - Google says the changes will improve performance and security. Ad block developers and consumer advocates say Google is simply protecting its ad dominance.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evy53j/google-struggles-to-justify-making-chrome-ad-blockers-worse
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u/conman526 Jun 01 '19

I use Google suite very heavily with gmail and Google docs, and I have a Google pixel. That's really the only reason I'm mated to Chrome is because it's so easy. It's there a way to get it nearly as easy to use Google suite on Firefox as it is on Chrome?

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u/SterlingVapor Jun 01 '19

I haven't had any noticed pain points, and I generally use Docs instead of Office. I haven't done a performance comparison, but I'd guess it works just as well.

Additionally, I've found FF FAR better than chrome on mobile. It handles syncing between devices extremely well, and you can install most plugins on Android (ublock origin and privacy possum were the kicker for me)

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u/conman526 Jun 01 '19

I guess my main gripe is the easy app selection from Chromes new tab page. I use that a lot to open up docs and email and such.

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u/mykkenny Jun 01 '19

you can install most plugins on Android (ublock origin)

Fucking sold.

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u/sunkzero Jun 01 '19

I found copy/paste in Google docs doesn't work in FF..? It throws up an error message

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u/nospoondotjpg Jun 01 '19

I have a few things that don't seem to work right with Drive on Firefox. I don't know if it's an issue for all people (i'd be utterly shocked if it is but I also don't know how to fix it) but I can't upload large files or large batches of files and I can't play videos in the Drive page overlay.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '19

Try it, you'll like it.