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Now, I don't use any of Mozilla's proprietary products, and they dropped his like a hot potato, but can any browser be called trustworthy if their default builds keep doing crap like this? It's not like this is the first time, either!
Chromium, even ungoogled, still seems even worse in terms of privacy.
Is there a non-Chromium viable alternative left? Every Chromium variant seems to have different bugaboos, such as Brave offering crypto-swill! Don't even mention Opera or Vivaldi.
Pale Moon is stagnant, but I do use it from time to time, as my old download workflow (via their Flashgot and DownThemAll 3.x forks) still works for some sites. But some sites are just way too sluggish with Pale Moon, and their forums are somewhat off-putting. They (understandably) no longer support NoScript classic, but someone did fork uMatrix.
As is, there really is no privacy-respecting, reasonably fast, open, safe alternative that supports add-ons (such as NoScript, LocalCDN, and uBlock Origin) or userscripts. It's enough to make one cry.
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As for extensions I use Jshelter, Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger.
Last edited by PublicNuisance on 23 March 2024 at 1:37 am UTC
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I'm still pissed at Google for removing Google sync from Chromium like they did. It was my main browser in FreeBSD, but now it's been relegated to backup browser and Firefox is my main on there. I like having all my stuff synced. It makes going between devices and OSes easier. Plus having my extensions or add-ons automatically there is also really nice too.
I tried using SeaMonkey, but it doesn't have the more important add-ons that I want. Which is a shame, cause I do miss using an internet suite for my web browsing. Also gaving the IRC client with it is great as well. Since Chatzilla is long dead.
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Couldn't you just export your stuff from Chrome and import it into Firefox then sync it with Firefox ?
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Personally, the only extensions I use are uBlock Origin with Javascript disabled and Yomitan for Japanese (I wish it had a proper desktop version). So I use Firefox, because it's just a better experience than Chrome in my opinion. Ladybird has a long way to go but they've come far in such a short period of time.
The Linux Foundation is developing Servo. We'll see if that makes its way into a browser someday.
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I think I'll go with Librewolf for the time being, as switching to it is less painful.
Cool, a hobbyist OS, a browser, and two web engines I knew nothing about! I'll definitely keep an eye on these!
As for Mozilla, they made a mistake and backtracked on it. That counts for something in my book.
I find using Linux is shooting myself in the foot enough, I don’t need my browser to not work with half of the things just because it’ll give me a bit more privacy. I appreciate others will have differing opinions.
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thats all about capitalism.