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I use geh Firefox forks mull and fennec, I occasionally use vanadium. I just like privacy but tor is overkill for me

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox, because a) open source, b) ad blocking, and c) fuck Google and other corporate overlords.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Firefox because it's one of the last browsers against the Chromium monopoly.

Also UBlock Origin is wayy better on Firefox, even before Google forced their version of Manifest v3 on all Chromium based browsers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Currently using vanilla Firefox with https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix to make the tabs look like actual tabs rather than weird floaty bubbles.

Used to use Chromium, but switched because they made it so that sites could autoplay videos in response to "user interactions", whatever that means.

TBH, not that happy with the current state of browsers; too much telemetry and not enough customizability.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I just use Vanilla Firefox, I use chrome for work but all my personal stuff on Firefox, left chrome after there was talk of stopping ad blockers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have changed browser maybe every five or so years, whenever I had issues with the one I'm using. I've been back on Firefox as primary for a couple of years now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Firefox most of the time, replaced by Chrome on one of my configurations, where Firefox would lead to graphic card freezes from time to time. Edge for Teams at work. Opera once in a while because I am nostalgic of the fantastic Opera mini browser on early versions of Android.

Also, Firefox on Android or Fennec on phones without Google Play.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know all you nerds use firefox, but i'm still on the plebian chrome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

πŸ˜‚ I was on Firefox before Chrome, and happily switched once I learned how much faster Chrome was around 2008. Switched back to Firefox not long after they introduced container tabs and their android browser is so much nicer that now I can't use chrome anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did the same, except I just switched back to Firefox this past fall. Trying to degoogle myself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Firefox.

I've been using it since the Phoenix days. I occasionally go to Vivaldi (which is currently my secondary browser), but currently I'm back with Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Recently switched back to Firefox because of the Manifest V3 thing and uBlock on Android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox. Fascinating what a bubble of Firefox user is active here. Should be way different with most statistics show a lot more chrome users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy and the fediverse contain ore tech savvy people. Surprised its not hardened Firefox

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use Firefox.

It's 90% because I remember the days of Internet Explorer and how they had a monopoly and could do whatever they liked - and they did. It was pretty common to have to write two versions of code so that it would work on IE as well as other browsers.

These days Edge, Chrome, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, pretty much all the major browsers except Firefox all use the Chromium engine, which puts them in a similar position as IE were in during the 90s and early 2000s. It scares me, so I use Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox or Vivaldi on pc & notebook, Vanadium & Fennec on Android - Grapheneos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good to see another grapheneos user

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use Vivaldi, because it just has a better UI and better usability features.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox, and ill continue to use it for as long as possible. No thanks Chromium.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m in web dev, so I have a bunch of browsers. My main driver on my desktop is Librewolf with a bunch of extensions that make browsing the web enjoyable at best and tolerable at worst. I use DuckDuckGo Lite as my main search engine on all my browsers.

Other browsers I use are Brave (main browser on my mobile device). Vanilla Firefox (for web dev or logging in as Librewolf isn’t best for many aspects of web development and many sites trip up when you try to log in with LW). Ungoogled Chromium when Brave is too slow (Brave is slowest of the ones I use).

I also read news from the Links terminal browser. Yes the original Links Browser, not Lynx, or elinks, or links2, or w3m, etc.

I don’t use Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Edge. I use Safari sparingly just to be sure some of my sites are working on it. I have played around with Tor, but generally don’t have a need to set anything up on the Dark Web at the time of this writing, so yeah.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox, Epiphany web browser and midori. When I'm using windows I use Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Epiphany, but I think it leaks memory or something. After running for a while it starts taking tons of memory and closing tabs doesn’t seem to release it (the computer goes back to normal when it’s closed completely though). Maybe it’s just the Fedora build, I’m not sure

There’s also Otter Browser for another WebKit based choice, but it’s pretty rough and developed slowly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't experienced that. It's been running smoothly when I've used it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox on PC and Android. DuckDuckGo is my default search engine now

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

DuckDuckGo is my default search engine now

How is that working for you? I am thinking of switching in my quest to get out of google stuff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not op but I'm using DDG since many years and I feel like is continuously improving.

In case you miss google or you need a different search you can simply add !g to the search and search on google from DDG (it opens a google page)

https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just recently switched to Arc, and it is soo good. Really changing my workflow for the better. So nice to experience a product where people have opiniated ideas about how something can be done differently. It might not be for everyone, but damn its something for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Loving Arc! I kinda like how it doesn’t really make a distinction between tabs and favorites, and at the same time I kinda don’t.

Do you have a solution for links you want to have access to someday but don’t really want as pinned tabs or favorites? I have some pinned tab folders at the moment, but I don’t love that solution. I’ve used Pinboard in the past but, 1) I feel like that product is dying and 2) I’d like tighter browser integration.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

librewolf on the desktop. works for me. Came from vivaldi, which is too big for my old laptop setup (takes ages to load). Using fennec on android. But, recently i needed a browser for android which allows a bookmark.html file to be imported (camera froze with sync) and couldn't find one. everything today MUST go over the sync (cloud).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same for me, but I've started using fulguris on android. I think it just uses the android webrenderer unfortunately, but it is open source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i stand corrected: i just found an incredible browser, allowing html file import and a lot more!: soul browser. Now also testing as my main browser

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LibreWolf. It's Firefox without the adware and sponsored bullshit. I can only take so many "Sponsored Link", "Recommended by Pocket", and MOZILLA VPN OMG!1!1! random popups before I declare a piece of software adware, and Mozilla has crossed that line. LibreWolf also has a bunch of privacy stuff, some of which I turn off because I think it goes a bit too far and breaks some websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same here. Librewolf is great.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently switched from Firefox to Arc, which is in closed beta right now. It has a great Tab management. If anyone is interested I can send you an invite :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A fairly new browser based on chromium

https://arc.net/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's sad that almost all browsers are based on chromium. I also like the devtools of firefox more

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. One of the only things I think Chrome does better than Firefox is the DevTools.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably because I've used them for the last years and am more used to firefox dev tools :)

But generally it's not a big of a difference

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Same here with Chrome. I mostly use Firefox for work, but I develop on Chrome because the majority of people use chrome or chromium browsers. I still test on Firefox though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PC: Firefox (without the arkenson js yet) Android: Firefox too ^^

I really like that Firefox is one of the rare breeds on the mobile scene which provides some browser extensions too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yo question ab firefox coming from dude who knows very little ab it, i watched a video browser tier list by eric murphy and he listed hardened firefox in S tier, do u reach hardened firefox by downloading configs for it off github? how reliable is it and do things tend to crash if u try to have many options at the same time (like an amalgamtion of stuff from different ppl in order to reached a specific desired outcome, in terms of options, security settings and look)?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

vivaldi cus its just too gorgeous and so many things packed in face with heart eyes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question, is there a way to silence all of Vivaldi's updates? I'm ok with updating in the background but I had to uninstall it because it was so annoying

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

gahh idk about that one man, personally i dont mind the updates cus im always trying to have the newest features. sorry that was an issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I guess I got used to other software keeping it out of sight/out of mind. At least on FF it just opens a new tab to let you know but it's otherwise seamless so I was half-expecting the same. Maybe I'll give it another go if I can find a solution or it'll drive me nuts lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Firefox (and I've used it since it was called phoenix, and I've used the free software mozilla suit before that).

BUT I've been very unhappy about the corporate leadership of the project for a long time. I don't trust them at all. They regularly do user hostile shit like ads and tracking and endorsing DRM, then act surprised by user backlash and backtrack partially, only to try again a couple of months later.

Many people who work there are clearly shit-brained corporate silicon valley types, and the leadership most likely cynical money-grubbing grifters.

I hope the various free software degoogled chromium forks all come together to make a good browser. A browser that works on both Linux and Android, that can sync all the stuff between both, and which has no tracking and good ad blocking.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I use Brave. It's not perfect but I like the built-in adblock and the crypto stuff is an added bonus.

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