Firefox is messing around with AI, changed their TOS on user data and now the google monopoly case. Basically Im wondering if there is a good firefox alternative?

  • klep@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    Phone: Mostly IronFox, sometimes I use Vanadium Desktop: LibreWolf

  • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    I have been using Zen-Browser as my main desktop browser for around almost a year (I think). Initially just wanted to give it a try because it has nice vertical tabs that aren’t clunky or just an extension. It also looks better (imo) than most of the other FF-forks that I have tried.

    On Android I use FF since it isn’t Chrome/Chromium and most importantly can turn on basically “Dev Mode” in a similar way that you enable Dev Mode in Android. This allows you to install all normal extensions that you can on desktop FF. Even if that wasn’t an option, uBO is installable (unlike basically every Chromium-based option). Really really helps going to websites while on my phone or tablets not feel like a complete downgrade compared to just turning my desktop on.

    There are some Chromium and FF forks for Android that do allow some extensions, just not a lot to pick from. And I don’t want to use Chromium stuff since it further pushes sites to pull an IE and code sites to work only for Chrome/Chromium.

  • paequ2@lemmy.today
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    8 days ago

    Librewolf is a pretty easy drop in replacement. Although you may want to adjust some of the privacy settings, if you’re having issues with websites, they may be too strict.

  • dsilverz@friendica.world
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    10 days ago

    @Turd_Ferg PC (Linux): Librewolf for some things (fediverse, news outlets, mail providers, etc), Waterfox for other things (especially sites/platforms where I need to write Portuguese, because Librewolf’s “Resist Fingerprinting” breaks accent keys), upstream Firefox for more mainstream things (government services), as well as Lagrange for Gopher and Geminispace.

    Smartphone (Android): Fennec, with native Chrome active against my will for WebViews from certain apps (governmental and banking apps, for example) that require Chrome For My Security™.

    It’s been a while since I ditched Chromium-based browsers, although Firefox has some Chromium things inside its code. I’m waiting for whatever browsers that could bring third-party browser engines besides Chromium and Firefox-engine (yeah, there are Pale Moon, Basilisk, Safari/Webkit, among other browsers which are neither Chromium nor Firefox-based, but I’m talking about a browser as compatible as possible with features such as WebBluetooth, WebGL, WASM and other things as they can prove useful for personally-developed projects/self-hosted services).