Firefox based browsers or chromium based? which do you consider better?

[Coffee Addict]

I have been using browsers for more than 15 years now, switched from IE to Chrome, form Chrome to Opera GX and finally arrived to Floorp (Firefox based). Both have pros and cons, and well I wanted to ask which type (chromium or firefox) do you consider best for navigating the web in 2025?

 

[LazyMuffin]

There's no perfect browser so I just use all of them mainly for testing if my site loads fine on all major browsers. Recently firefox changed their TOS so it now shares your data to their partners.

 

[ArtoriaPendragon]

Both they have their own unique features, and I use chrome mainly because I'm used to it lol.
V8 has been integrated into chrome which can help load pages faster, this could be a reason for me to continue using chrome.

 

[Checkmate]

Hello,

Most people tend to use a mix of Firefox and Chromium-based browsers.

Speaking as a hobbyist developer, I’ve noticed some differences. Firefox, for example, has historically used fewer resources (although that might not be as relevant in the latest version) but tends to struggle when you’ve got 80+ tabs open. On the other hand, Chrome uses more resources but still works perfectly, even with 500+ tabs loaded.

So, if your system has the resources to handle Chrome, it can take full advantage of them, though not in the most efficient way. Of course some forks will have different performance profiles.

That said, more nuance changes like Chrome dropping manifest v2 are worth noting. While I expect some forks to keep this this around, who knows how long that’ll last?

 

[cercospora]

I'm ashamed to say I'm firmly in the chromium gang. I had so many issues with Firefox. It's not FF's fault, but web devs not targeting or testing on FF resulting in random bugs. My chromium dependency really bit my arse when Google when full anti adblock. Now I use Brave so goog can't take away my internet condom.

 

[randomperson1234]

I personally use firefox for pretty much all my standard browsing, since unlike chrome it isn't straight-up spyware, and can be configured to be reasonably secure and private. Having a fully functional ublock origin (instead of the neutered version with manifest v3) is basically mandatory for me to browse the internet at this point. I also consider it rather important to support mozilla to play my (infinitesimally minor) part in reducing the effects of google's monopoly. Also, in terms of having even the slightest hope of partially thwarting any fingerprinting beyond the most naive scripts, firefox's "strict" enhanced tracking protection probably has the largest herd outside of using tor browser. That being said, the sad truth is that nowadays tor browser is the absolute bare minimum to have even the slightest sembalance of privacy or anonymity (since without a large enough herd, even proper anti-fingerprinting measures are ineffective against non-naive fingerprinting).
I am occasionally forced to use a chromium browser like brave, since some web developers are too lazy to make their websites fucntional on anything but chrome. Also, firefox does have a few annoying limitations, such as not properly supporting hdr yet. Brave's built in shields are a bit mediocre imo though, especially when it comes to more granular filtering.
With regards to the firefox tos update mentioned earlier in the thread, firefox later backpedaled and changed the wording, I'd recommend reading their response for yourself.

 

[Coffee Addict]

I personally use firefox for pretty much all my standard browsing, since unlike chrome it isn't straight-up spyware, and can be configured to be reasonably secure and private. Having a fully functional ublock origin (instead of the neutered version with manifest v3) is basically mandatory for me to browse the internet at this point. I also consider it rather important to support mozilla to play my (infinitesimally minor) part in reducing the effects of google's monopoly. Also, in terms of having even the slightest hope of partially thwarting any fingerprinting beyond the most naive scripts, firefox's "strict" enhanced tracking protection probably has the largest herd outside of using tor browser. That being said, the sad truth is that nowadays tor browser is the absolute bare minimum to have even the slightest sembalance of privacy or anonymity (since without a large enough herd, even proper anti-fingerprinting measures are ineffective against non-naive fingerprinting).
I am occasionally forced to use a chromium browser like brave, since some web developers are too lazy to make their websites fucntional on anything but chrome. Also, firefox does have a few annoying limitations, such as not properly supporting hdr yet. Brave's built in shields are a bit mediocre imo though, especially when it comes to more granular filtering.
With regards to the firefox tos update mentioned earlier in the thread, firefox later backpedaled and changed the wording, I'd recommend reading their response for yourself.

The Ladybird browser will seem interesting to you, probably. It's not yet complete (probably it will take 2 more years for it to be usable as a daily browser) but seems really interesting in the long term as an alternative to Firefox/Chromium browsers, there is also the Servo web engine, it is in Alpha and can barely load Reddit, however I can't seem they have a privacy focus like Ladybird seems to.

Regarding the Firefox situation I have just heard about it through my favorites YT channels (Brodie Robertson) for example, after listening to various opinions and viewing bits of the source of the controversy (almost every video is the author reading what Mozilla said, the commenting on it), I think that Firefox and other Firefox forks will be safe to use in the short-mid term since Mozilla now knows that trying to implement those policies will be an almost instant auto-destruction (I heard somewhere that they took a step back on that, idk 100% if it's true), however in the long-term Mozilla does not have a bright future unfortunately, this because of their apparent bad economic situation and the possibility of trying to re-implement those policies on the same degree again. For now all we can do is wait and see how the situation evolves.

 

[Merulox]

I'm firmly in the chromium gang because firefox and all its derivatives I could find lack features that I've grown accustomed to on Vivaldi. A shame modzilla nerfed add-ons some years ago.

Floorp seems somewhat promising in that regard but it's still lacking as of this date.

 

[Coffee Addict]

I'm firmly in the chromium gang because firefox and all its derivatives I could find lack features that I've grown accustomed to on Vivaldi. A shame modzilla nerfed add-ons some years ago.

Floorp seems somewhat promising in that regard but it's still lacking as of this date.

Floorp by default has almost no differences with Firefox, the appearance depends a lot on what the user chooses on the settings. A few years ago I used Vivaldi and I really liked it however I switched to Firefox based browsers because of the DevTools mainly, Floorp can have similar tabs to Vivaldi with the addon Sidebery which is essential for me, it looks like this with my settings: