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I was recently looking at purchasing a new sliding compound miter saw for my shop. When I searched for reviews of that particular saw (Makita LS1219L), the Google search came up with several sites that were basically "glossed over reviews." It is hard to describe, but they were "written" by taking bits and pieces of consumer reviews and consolidating them into an article. They appeared to be "written" by a person, or at least the info was gathered and overseen by a person, because the "author" was listed at the bottom of the page with a short bio. It was very evident, however, that the author had never touched a saw in his/her life and could probably only point to a picture of a saw.
I use Firefox exclusively and have been using it for years. You can easily customize it with add-ons and sync across devices. I currently have AdBlock Plus installed and Sponsor Block for YouTube. It eliminates all of the annoying ads that run before or during a YouTube video. I tried DuckDuckGo for a little while based on recommendations from users here on H-M but found that it missed a lot of results, so I switched back to Google.
The one annoying issue I have is that notifications for websites, especially H-M, seem to taper off after a while until they stop. Once I revisit a site, they may start appearing again or not. It also occasionally will not let me log in until I clear the cache, but I am not sure if that is a Firefox issue or something else.
I use Firefox exclusively and have been using it for years. You can easily customize it with add-ons and sync across devices. I currently have AdBlock Plus installed and Sponsor Block for YouTube. It eliminates all of the annoying ads that run before or during a YouTube video. I tried DuckDuckGo for a little while based on recommendations from users here on H-M but found that it missed a lot of results, so I switched back to Google.
The one annoying issue I have is that notifications for websites, especially H-M, seem to taper off after a while until they stop. Once I revisit a site, they may start appearing again or not. It also occasionally will not let me log in until I clear the cache, but I am not sure if that is a Firefox issue or something else.