--- title: 8 reasons to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox | daily.dev description: Using Firefox can boost your PC’s performance, better protect you on the web, and also make life more convenient. It offers built-in features that don’t exist... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/8-reasons-to-ditch-chrome-and-switch-to-firefox-z5i7yuxdt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 8 reasons to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox | daily.dev og:description: Using Firefox can boost your PC’s performance, better protect you on the web, and also make life more convenient. It offers built-in features that don’t exist... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/8-reasons-to-ditch-chrome-and-switch-to-firefox-z5i7yuxdt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Z5i7yUxdt.png og:image:alt: 8 reasons to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 8 reasons to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 124 upvotes · 20 comments ## Summary Using Firefox can boost your PC’s performance, better protect you on the web, and also make life more convenient. It offers built-in features that don’t exist in Chrome or otherwise require third-party add-ons. Firefox also stops cryptominers from accessing your device, aka cryptojacking. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@joaooliveira85** · 11 upvotes > I'd say the most important reason is actually missing: While chrome accounts for only 64% of overall browser usage, chromium represents almost 75% of all browser engines (almost 90% of desktop browser engines!!)! > > Webkit is a notoriously weaker option as Apple takes advantage of a stripped version of a rendering engine to boost device battery life and reliability. > > That means that there is only one real other competitor for Google which is mozilla's gecko engine. Without it google pretty much has a monopoly over web standards. That is a very dangerous position for a company that removed... **@posandu** · 5 upvotes > \+ The devtools are awesome in firefox. **@menard\_codes** · 3 upvotes > Or just use brave **@lajby95** · 1 upvotes > I'm using Fennec, which is a fork of Firefox for Android, that lets you install not only the 'curated' extensions, but any that you choose, via addon collections. You just have to create a firefox account, and create a collection, and add the desired addons to it. > > Also, there are many annoying aspects of Chrome. What made me finally switch to Firefox, was the annoying popup on websites that asked if you wanted to log in to the site via your Google account. I don't want to pair my Google account with any site. This is one of the many things you can't opt out of... **@friendbear** · 1 upvotes > I am a heavy user of Firefox. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#firefox](https://daily.dev/tags/firefox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/8-reasons-to-ditch-chrome-and-switch-to-firefox-z5i7yuxdt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"8 reasons to ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/8-reasons-to-ditch-chrome-and-switch-to-firefox-z5i7yuxdt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/8-reasons-to-ditch-chrome-and-switch-to-firefox-z5i7yuxdt"},"datePublished":"2022-05-28T15:25:16.036Z","dateModified":"2022-05-28T15:25:16.037Z","description":"Using Firefox can boost your PC’s performance, better protect you on the web, and also make life more convenient. 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Without it google pretty much has a monopoly over web standards. That is a very dangerous position for a company that removed “don’t be evil” from its code of conduct.\nRegardless of what one thinks of Google competition is always good, specially when developing standards that are one of the pillars of modern society.\nI wish more people would realise this but I think that web developers have a responsibility to be advocates for a healthy and prosperous internet. It’s not only about choosing which browser we use but also teaching other around us about the importance of an open internet and the importance of healthy competition. Specially in the day and age of data commoditization and the risks it represents for societies and our planet.","datePublished":"2022-05-29T09:02:05.536Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Z5i7yUxdt#c-xgBneRNIr","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"João Pedro Oliveira","url":"https://daily.dev/joaooliveira85","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24904733?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"+ The devtools are awesome in firefox.","datePublished":"2022-05-29T14:55:08.919Z","dateModified":"2022-05-29T14:55:22.748Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Z5i7yUxdt#c-Wbjm9fWTQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Posandu Mapa","url":"https://daily.dev/posandu","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--mDoRSPBf--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_Rh4YgFkJ8JiKojzt2CvRH"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Or just use brave","datePublished":"2022-05-29T13:59:48.181Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Z5i7yUxdt#c-4fyIQfCJv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Menard Maranan","url":"https://daily.dev/menard_codes","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66345147?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I’m using Fennec, which is a fork of Firefox for Android, that lets you install not only the ‘curated’ extensions, but any that you choose, via addon collections. You just have to create a firefox account, and create a collection, and add the desired addons to it.\nAlso, there are many annoying aspects of Chrome. What made me finally switch to Firefox, was the annoying popup on websites that asked if you wanted to log in to the site via your Google account. I don’t want to pair my Google account with any site. This is one of the many things you can’t opt out of…","datePublished":"2022-05-31T11:40:43.195Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Z5i7yUxdt#c-ivA8WY3bi","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Lajos Nagy","url":"https://daily.dev/lajby95","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52536264?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I am a heavy user of Firefox.","datePublished":"2022-05-29T20:45:24.341Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Z5i7yUxdt#c-MYV0THm2w","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"T Kumagai","url":"https://daily.dev/friendbear","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4956799?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```