I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here’s my decision process,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
    • I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it’s not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
  3. Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
    • Ublock Origin
    • ClearURLs
    • Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I’m worried about site breakages.

  • Clearwater@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Firefox (well, librewolf, but forks are a matter of personal preference).

    Chrome (Ungoogled chromium) is used as a fallback for the occasional site that doesn’t work with my restrictive FF configuration.

    Both have uBlock, though they’re configured differently to suit their individual purposes.

  • batcheck@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Firefox with Betterfox user script. Then from there is a bunch privacy focused/oriented extensions. I also harden my DNS with custom host files from StevenBlack. I also point all my devices to NextDNS as another catch and also to standardize things as I use NextDNS to manage my kids access to the world.

    I do need to create a private VPN (of my own) still so my mobile devices can be setup behind StevenBlack host entries.

  • featured [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Mostly LibreWolf, but I’ve been enjoying Zen Browser recently. It’s based on Firefox but with lots of cool extra functionality baked in. It is still in alpha though and I’ve experienced some bugs, including it crashing my whole system a couple of times, but it’s very promising

  • Daemon Silverstein@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    2 months ago

    On my laptop, Brave for non-“personal” things (such as fediverse, SoundCloud, AI tools, daily browsing, etc) and Firefox for “personal” things (such as WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn, accessing local govt. services, etc). On my smartphone, Firefox for everything (I disabled the native Chrome).

    I’ve been using Brave in a daily basis because it’s well integrated with adblocking tools, especially considering the ongoing strife regarding Chromium’s Manifest V2 support, where Brave nicely stands keeping its Manifest V2 support independently of what Google wishes or not.

    Firefox is also good, but I noticed that, for me, it has been slightly heavier than Brave. So I use it parallel to Brave, for things I don’t need to use often. For mobile, it’s awesome, as it is one of the few browsers that support extensions, so I use Firefox for Android, together with adblocking extensions.

  • foremanguy@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    On mobile the only choice is Mull. And on desktop even you could use Arkenfox, but recommended to you to use the Mullvad brower

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Librewolf for anything that those work, Brave for anything that works only on Chromium based, and Mullvad for all the crazy.

    On Android it’s Mull and Mulch.

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        In all honesty, I am not sure if you can sync, but I think I’ve seen librewolf and Mull being able to sign in to a Firefox account. I don’t sync anything unless I self-host, so I have my linkwarden for all my bookmarks needs.

        I’ve heard of a self-hosted alternative to Firefox accounts, but I would need to research that a bit.

    • Lemongrab@lemmy.one
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      2 months ago

      Instead of Mulch I would recommend Cromite. It is fully open source (free of proprietary dependencies unlike Brave and Mulch), has anti-fingerprinting (unlike Mulch), and has built-in ad-blocking. Browser comparison table made by the Developer of Mulch: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers