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[โ€“] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It certainly was cool and popular from day one. However, it was also spyware from day one. Tech magazines wrote reviews about it, but the hype train was going so fast at the time that people somehow ignored the privacy aspect.

Nowadays people are beginning to realize just how evil it has always been.

[โ€“] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

but the hype train was going so fast at the time that people somehow ignored the privacy aspect.

The privacy aspect was vastly overshadowed by the leap in performance. I was tempted to the dark side for a few years because FF performance was rather bad and chrome was super performant. I ended up switching back a bit before the proton release and have only used it or edge as a more open browser for when I have to use a browser that doesn't block everything.