• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Actually it’s an effective cloud-based password manager that doesn’t rely on local storage or weird plugins or backups.

    That’s what keeps me using chrome. I could lose everything in a house fire, pick up any device, log in and have access to all my stuff without any further action on my part, right out of the box.

    That’s the only feature I care about, and chrome is the only browser I’ve seen that provides it.

    Get me that in firefox, and I’ll switch today.

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      5 months ago

      What are you talking about? Firefox has had literally Sync since before Chrome existed.

      Firefox Sync initial release: December 21, 2007

      Google Chrome intial release: September 2, 2008 (Beta), (1.0) December 11, 2008

      A full year, my guy.

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      I’m confused since Firefox Sync has been letting you sync/backup your passwords, bookmarks and history for a decade or two at this point, and you can even self-host the sync server.

      I don’t know the complete FF password manager details (Bitwarden user here) but where does Firefox fall short for you?

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      5 months ago

      You can lose your Google account in the blink of an eye with no recourse, no access to support or anything.

      With local and my own backups, I can choose to put them at any location, cloud or local.

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      I have all that functionality today with FF… Not sure when you last checked, but if you create a Mozilla account and log in to FF you can sync all the same stuff as Chrome does.

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      5 months ago

      It’s time to stop using the web browser built and maintained by the largest advertising company on the planet.

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      5 months ago

      That’s great until Google finds that one picture of your child at the pool and immediately deletes your CSAM-harboring filthy account.