<metaname="description"content="If you've been following my blog for a while, you might remember an old blog post of mine titled 'Everything I want to use is Chromium'. Like the title says, In the blog post I complain about every web browser using the same web engine; Chromium. In the end I said something that I would later regret though, because of course I did.">
<p>Ifyou've been following my blog for a while, you might remember an old blog post of mine titled 'EverythingIwanttouseisChromium'.Likethetitlesays,IntheblogpostIcomplainabouteverywebbrowserusingthesamewebengine;Chromium.IntheendIsaidsomethingthatIwouldlaterregretthough,becauseofcourseIdid.</p>
<p>"To contribute to this, I've decided to BAN myself from ever touching anything based on Chromium or Electron."</p>
<p>ThefinalstrawformewasFirefoxtakingwhatfeelslikeyearstostartup.IwouldpressmykeybindtostartupFirefoxandsometimeswaitupto20secondsforittostart.Itwasalluptoluck,really.Asifitmakesitbetter,whenitdoesn't start, you'llassumeyoudidn't press the key or something so you'lldoitagain,andagain..andagain.WhenFirefoxfinallystartsup,you'll have 20 different instances of Firefox and you'llbeusingupallyourRAMandCPU.Notideal.</p>
<p>EversinceIexperiencedtheseissues,Iwentlookingforabetterwebbrowserandeventuallysaid,'You know what, I don'tcareanymoreI'll try this out.'.</p>
<h3>Chromium..doesn'tsuck?WHAT?</h3>
<p>IendeduptryingChromium(specificallyungoogled-chromiumbutit's nearly identical) and it only ended up being the fastest, most stable web browser I'veeverused.Itjustworks,withouttheslowness,withoutthehorriblebugs,withoutthe20secondsstartuptime,withoutsearxandpipednotloadingpagesproperly.Italljustworked,anditworkedgreat.</p>
<p>RealizingIjustcouldn't pass up the opportunity to switch to a web browser that doesn'tfailmeonadailybasis,Icutmylosses,realizedIeventuallyhadtowritethisblogpostandremovedFirefoxfrommysystem.</p>
<p>Iknowyou're probably expecting a 'IswitchedbacktoWindows' or 'IworkatApple' blog post next but.. yeah, no that'snotgonnahappen.Istilluseexclusivelyfreesoftwareandthat'snotchanging.Ultimately,FirefoxhasgottenalotworsesinceImadethatinitialblogpost,soIgaveinandstartedusingChromium.</p>