---
title: "The Dying Web"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dying-web-21d3onvjk
source_url: https://endler.dev/2024/the-dying-web/
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2024-08-11T18:40:29.161Z
updated: 2024-11-08T09:29:40.555Z
tags: ["webdev", "privacy", "google-chrome", "browsers", "firefox"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 66
comments: 14
language: en
---

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# The Dying Web

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 66 upvotes · 14 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the dominance of Chrome in the web browser market and its impact on web standards and privacy. The author advocates for using Firefox, highlighting its superior customizability and commitment to open standards and privacy. The author reminisces about past browser wars and draws parallels with the current scenario, urging readers to reconsider their browser choice for a healthier web ecosystem.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@grantlinville** · 5 upvotes

> I wonder what will happen to Mozilla and to Firefox as a result of the current antitrust thing with Google. I'm grateful that the Ladybird project has started and hope it becomes a good option.

**@cvltnguyen** · 5 upvotes

> What are my choices for something like Firefox, but without the involvement of Mozilla Corp?

**@jumpifbelow** · 4 upvotes

> I agree so much. I never used Chrome itself because all I was seeing back then is Google trying to spy on me for its own ad engine.
> Unfortunately, what I underestimated back then is how Google could be the new Internet Explorer. Therefore I plead guilty of having a Chromium-flavoured web browser for a while: Vivaldi.
> I absolutely loves it, and I used it for so long. But even if it is the only other web browser that I used beside Firefox, I switched back to Firefox around a year ago, exactly for those reasons.
> Google controls everyting on the web, so much that the web is Google. If they want...

**@isaacmathew** · 2 upvotes

> guess the author missed this update https://www.techspot.com/news/102871-zero-regrets-firefox-power-user-kept-7500-tabs.html

**@gresakg** · 1 upvotes

> BTW, I use Firefox :D

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#firefox](https://daily.dev/tags/firefox)

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