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dev_null ,

I like Vivaldi and they are going to keep V2 support for a while. I will switch to Firefox when it’s gone, but for the time being I am happy they are keeping the support.

TheAutomaton ,

Hell yeah, best customizable browser I’ve seen

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

about:config: “Am I a joke to you?”

TheAutomaton ,

I would totally use Firefox if they had better first-party tab group support and syncing workspaces. They help with my tab messes which I need to keep organized

hannesh93 ,
@hannesh93@feddit.org avatar

And even if they don’t keep it: they got browser-level Adblock- and Tracking-Filters that you can just feed the same lists you’d put into uBlock

Sure it’s lacking the spot-blocking, tool if there’s a missed ad or a fine-tuned whitelisting but I think that browser will stay usable even if V3 is implemented.

Kay_Angel ,
@Kay_Angel@beehaw.org avatar

What does chromium-based browsers on pc have that Firefox doesn’t have? Like I don’t understand why people use Chrome instead of Firefox.

Baizey ,

One thing for danish people is the “online government id” (MitID) everyone has and needs to use for online purchases and logins to banks and various other things.

It straight up only works on chrome for mobile :/

LiveLM ,

I really wish Mozilla would focus on these missing bits and bobs like WebUSB and this one you mentioned instead of whatever the fuck it is that they’re doing now

king_link1 ,

I easily use Firefox and mitID and there is no problem, but if I’m wrong or using a special version it could be different for us

shneancy ,

I use Opera

(yes i know it’s “Chinese spyware” if the Chinese government really wants to know what youtube videos i watch for hours, what porn i browse, and what impulse purchases i make they can have it, i don’t fucking care, when i want privacy i use Tor)

anyway i use Opera, and despite the fact it’s been my browser of choice for over a decade i will switch to Firefox in a heartbeat if my ad blockers stop working and i’m forced to watch ads for over 3 days in a row (in uBlock devs i trust)

coolusername ,

wasn’t tor created by DARPA?

evidences ,

Nah it was the United States Naval Research Laboratory.

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

If you want opera without rationalizing what the Chinese government does to you, you can try vivaldi.

shneancy ,

nah it’s not rationalising, i really just don’t care. I mentioned it there because the second i mention Opera anywhere the first reply is always “but did you know it’s Chinese spyware?”

I like Opera’s features like workspaces, tab islands, built in adblock, built in vpn etc. it really suits my scatter brain self

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

I also used to use opera, and thought the Chinese ownership made me uneasy, I only left due to their short term loan scandal.

But honestly I don’t regret it because vivaldi has a lovely community. Opera just felt cold and faceless, and I didn’t even know anyone else who used it.

Vivaldi has all the features (except VPN) and a lot more, so you won’t find it lacking there

shneancy ,

huh interesting! is it chromium based too though? I think at this point i’d mostly want to make a switch off chromium browsers with all the rumoured forced ads nonsense

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes, but built in adblocker like opera so it’s unaffected

shneancy ,

nah i’d not trust that, if chromium itself gets invaded by forced ads no chromium based browser is safe

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

Are you talking about manifest v3 or something else? Cause manifest v3 doesn’t force ads, it just cripples third party ad blockers. Also viv, (and some others, like brave) already disable plenty of Google stuff like FloC and privacy sandbox

shneancy ,

Well yea it’s the same thing to me. The built in browser adblocker is great but never fast enough to block google’s (and especially youtube’s) bullshit attempts at trying to shove ads into our faces

Someonelol ,
@Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Mozilla’s slowly creeping in the surveillance with adding integrated crap like Pocket and AI driven Fake Spot. I’m really glad Librewolf’s made a privacy focused fork of their browser without all that nonsense.

menixator ,

Related announcement: …mozilla.org/…/privacy-preserving-attribution

TLDR: Mozilla wants your data and it’s opt out. If you’re on FF 128 it’s already on and you will have to turn it off manually. Shame how they have fallen this low. The LEAST they could have done is show a pop up announcement when the user upgraded to 128.

Also: +1 to Librewolf. Mozilla is definitely going to try more scummy crap like this in the future. Definitely the better option over Firefox.

nexussapphire ,

Can’t wait for ladybird to come out! Finally something that speaks our language.

threeduck ,
@threeduck@aussie.zone avatar

Damn, 2026. I hope you CAN wait.

nexussapphire ,

That or the free internet as we know it will be dead by the time it reaches production.

greywolf0x1 ,

I think Servo is a better option, it’s also being written in rust.

timestatic ,

Looks really cool. I hope we don’t have the overreliance on one rendering engine in the future. Once one or the other comes out I’ll definitely try it out.

nexussapphire ,

So long as it survives rusts complexity and lack of portability. I’m always down for more options!

greywolf0x1 ,

rust is complex and non-portable?

i’ve never heard of this, do you mind explaining what you mean better?

nexussapphire ,

You joking? 😆 I don’t want to discourage you from giving rust a try but come on. Have you ever talked to a developer that spent any real time with rust, anyone that got as far as multi threading?

zorrothefox2001 ,
@zorrothefox2001@lemmy.world avatar

Wasn’t Firefox supposed to incorporate Servo in some way or another before Quantum was developed?

greywolf0x1 ,

I think the Quantum release was what integrated some major components of the servo project.

Paradachshund ,

Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I just read that whole article and it sounds like a good implementation? Companies want to know how effective their ads are, and I like their approach of trying to find a way to provide this without wholesale personal data collection. They even say at the end that they don’t get the data either. It sounds like a reasonable thing to try and standardize.

menixator ,

I’m not commenting on implementation itself but rather on how Mozilla went about with an opt-out approach into the collection program (even if it was for testing) to a community they have cultivated with the promise of privacy.

Collecting my data is a big deal. It doesn’t matter how it is used. I should at least consent to it.

timestatic ,

I feel like this argument is fair enough. I think a pop-up informing the user about it and how to opt out is sufficient.

Zacryon ,
@Zacryon@feddit.org avatar

I’ve read the announcement. Sounds reasonable and sufficiently private to me. So saying “Mozilla wants your data” sounds misleading and like an overreaction to me. Also might help to mitigate the arms race in privacy protection versus tracking for ads and worse stuff.

Mozilla is definitely going to try more scummy crap like this in the future.

How do you know that?

Even if, there will still be alternatives. But right now, Firefox is the best browser with regards to privacy and security. It even passed minmum ratings by the german IT security authority, contrary to other widely used browsers.

SloganLessons ,

Respectefully disagree. Reasonable would’ve been making it opt in, not opt out and justifying it with “would be too difficult to explain”.

Zacryon ,
@Zacryon@feddit.org avatar

I’m with you on the opt-out vs. opt-in part. That’s not a nice move. Regardless of that, Firefox is still the best choice. I hope they will continue to improve.

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

atleast its opt out

coolusername ,

a lot of sites are unusable with librewolf for some reason

AstralPath , (edited )

A lot of sites? Or more like just a few? Personally, the ratio of working vs broken sites is like 100 to 1 and when a site is broken, its usually one of those shit pile SEO listicle sites or some absolute trash heap of ads. Every time I’ve disabled the protections I’ve regretted it.

A lot of the web is useless trash nowadays and Librewolf has done a good job of filtering that for me.

zogreface ,

Mozilla about to lose funding from Google antitrust consequences :(

foreverandaday ,
@foreverandaday@lemmy.ml avatar

Manifest v3 was why I switched to FF a while ago - it was going to only be a matter of time even with the delays so I figured I should switch early. I still like how chrome looks a lot more and wish we had tab grouping, but google can take uBO from my cold, dead hands.

Taleya ,

Oh you can tab group and even window label in FF, check out the extensions

Lordran_Hollow ,

Agreed, I also miss the feature of being able to extend a screenshot on a page.

But uBO is a necessity now to browse the Internet. The ads are so bad now.

mrmanager ,
@mrmanager@lemmy.today avatar

Still the best browser, even though the majority left it for the speed they think chrome has.

anas ,

I’m back on Firefox now, but I did originally leave it because Edge had the speed. Not sure if that’s because it’s more optimized for Windows.

mrmanager ,
@mrmanager@lemmy.today avatar

I mean yeah, all these big tech companies are trying to make their products feel faster, because that’s the only space they can compete. When it comes to privacy, they all lose.

time_fo_that ,

YouTube videos for some reason won’t load for me on Firefox. I switched to the Waterfox fork and it’s fine.

timestatic ,

Google just maliciously makes their websites work way worse on Firefox. For YouTube I personally just use FreeTube on desktop and Tubular (A NewPipe fork) on Android so I never have to interact with that goddamn website

foreverandaday ,
@foreverandaday@lemmy.ml avatar

As someone who uses tubular I wish it got updated more tho. The number of debug versions I have installed from pull requests is like 5 at this point 😭

timestatic ,

I’m fine with a slow update cycle as long as they don’t wait too long to actually merge app breaking features, like when recently youtube changed a few things and videos would no longer load.

mrmanager ,
@mrmanager@lemmy.today avatar

Well, Google has been caught trying to make their sites slower / malfunctioning on Firefox. Usually they get away with it by saying it’s a mistake.

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Chrome definitely has the more sleek and responsive UI.

But that’s all Chrome has.

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    finickydesert ,
    @finickydesert@lemmy.ml avatar

    How is libredns vs nextdns on a day to day user?

    Anonymousllama ,

    Pretty happy with Brave, but I’m guessing that being a downstream chromium fork they’ll eventually be stuffed and forced into using V3?

    dmegatool ,
    @dmegatool@lemmy.ca avatar

    Brave said they would stay on v2.

    Ascend910 ,

    Floorp for power users

    Kit ,

    I’ve been curious about Floorp. Are you using it as your daily driver? And pros and cons?

    CafecitoHippo ,

    The biggest pro for me is the vertical tabs. It’s got the same vertical tabs that Edge has which are great. I only use Edge at work but it’s great especially when you have a web based production environment like nCino that you work in all day and have dozens of tabs open. You can group them up nicely and keep yourself organized. Floorp is based off of Firefox ESR so it’s on an older build (but up to date security). The current build is based off FF 115 while FF is on 129 now.

    ivn ,

    Have you tried Tree Style Tab or Sidebery?

    CafecitoHippo ,

    I’ve tried but for some reason, I can never get them set up correctly and I’m not technologically illiterate. Its been a while since I tried it though since Floorp just works.

    Ascend910 ,

    I moved from vivaldi to it. Move the the side bar to the left and it felt just like home

    atro_city ,

    While introducing opt-out tracking where you data is sent to advertisers. Get LibreWolf instead.

    VarosBounska ,

    Oh I didn’t know this fork, thanks!

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    Or just set the few relevant settings manually, if you need nightly/dev edition.

    atro_city ,

    Until the next dumb shit Mozilla does without telling its users.

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    Except I’ve heard about every change from here. And as I read the nightly changelogs, it’s not that hidden actually.

    atro_city ,

    Yes, you're the exception, not the rule.

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    The things I said apply to the people that need to use FF nightly/dev. And those people should know their stuff.

    rockSlayer ,

    If you need to use nightly, you’re already the exception to the rule. That means you need to read the changelogs.

    atro_city ,

    No you don't. Why do you need to read the changelogs?

    rockSlayer , (edited )

    When you use nightly, you’re using an unstable application that is likely to have many bugs that cause freezing or crashing. Reading the changelogs is a necessity when using unstable software. Using nightly builds of any application requires additional care on the part of the user.

    atro_city ,

    Just because it requires it doesn't mean most will follow it. Voting requires being informed, most people aren't. Driving cars requires paying attention, many people are on their phones while driving.

    I could go on. You're describing an ideal.

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    The manufacturer isn’t responsible for people being on their phones tho. What should they do? They can just warn you, and notice you about best practices.

    atro_city ,

    Which most people don't follow, which is exactly the point I'm making.

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    Then it’s still their fault. Fuck the people not following. If I’m not following the rule of not jumping from my window that’s my fault.

    atro_city ,

    Yes, I read the manual of everything I use. I have read every law book back to front, know it by heart and will never ever unknowingly commit any crimes. The car I drive, I know how to repair, no mechanic needed, I write all my software because I've read every guide known to man, I am in fact the perfect human being with no flaws and am up to date on every rule there is.

    30p87 ,
    @30p87@feddit.org avatar

    No. But I know the important parts, and I don’t blame the manufacturer for when I don’t.

    Fashim ,

    I’m about to reach a point where I just abandon technology. Become a full luddite and let it burn over its own hubris.

    EmperorHenry , (edited )
    @EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

    brave promised to continue using v2 so that every brave user would continue having the freedom of choice to use ublock and umatrix if they so desired.

    Then there’s also the adblocking brave has built in and also adguard for windows.

    Also, firefox is full of tracking and telemetry from advertising spyware now. If you want to use a firefox based browser, use Librewolf instead, all of the best parts of firefox with none of the bullshit firefox has in it now.

    Just be sure you enable the letter boxing feature inside of librewolf.

    Wisas62 ,

    There’s was only a very brief period that I would have considered Chrome a better option and that was the period when Chrome had a mobile app and FF didn’t. Other than that, I have never understood why you would use chrome. I know FF didn’t invent tab browsing, but definitely the first to do it successfully.

    SapphironZA ,

    “And then Mozilla management comes in from the top rope with the chair”

    Seriously, for profit companies should not own open source projects.

    Chakravanti ,

    You can’t stop that. But you can use Librewolf if video download helper stops ignoring Librewolf.

    SapphironZA ,

    I mostly use waterfox, which is very similar to librefox. I just like the more compacted UI and performance optimization they have done.

    Chakravanti ,

    That’s awesome. Does Video DownloaderHelper work there?

    SapphironZA ,

    I believe so. Have not checked recently. All my Firefox extentions work as expected

    Ephera ,

    That for-profit company is owned by a non-profit. They don’t have shareholders to which they could pay out the profits.

    HauntedBucket ,

    I am specifically waiting for this to happen so I can be part of the flood to Firefox when they finally throw the switch.

    cRazi_man , (edited )

    Why wait?

    Also, Brave browser exists for those who are particularly attached to chromium.

    HauntedBucket ,

    I’m not touching brave with a 10 ft pole but thanks for your advertisement

    tdawg ,

    Lemmy always seems to hate Brave but no one ever says why

    majestictechie OP ,
    • shady issues in the past from company
    • heavily integrated with crypto (controversial for some)
    • CEO is a transphobe
    • it’s still Chrome under the hood
    ivn ,
    • CEO is also homophobic and a covid skeptic
    • the browser used to modify crypto exchange URLs to add it’s affiliate code to it
    • it used to collect donations for content creators without their consent
    ZeroHora ,
    @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

    Why people always forget the simple:

    Switching Google to Brave is not an upgrade is a sidegrade.

    morrowind ,
    @morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

    Firefox is

    1. Dependant on Google’s ad revenue
    2. Joining the advertising market themselves
    ZeroHora , (edited )
    @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar
    1. Dependant on Google’s money, the majority of Google comes from ads but not all of them. The deal is not directly with ads, is the default search engine on Firefox.
    2. This is recently, sucks a lot but we did not see yet how they’ll use that with the browser.

    More importantly the biggest difference is Brave want to be like Google, is the goal of the company. Mozilla is funding the project in the shittiest way possible but is not the end goal.

    yrmitz ,

    So you are sure that Google and Mozilla doesn’t employ any homophobics? They obviously have some sort of mind reader?

    ivn ,

    You are right, I should have been more specific. He’s openly homophobic. I’m also pretty sure that’s not the case for Mozilla as he was Mozilla’s CEO and was pushed out over this specific thing.

    I don’t know why you are shifting from CEO to employees.

    tdawg ,

    Ah ya I didn’t know about them being transphobic. That’s a shame

    frankgrimeszz ,

    My personal reason, I looked at their code and it was amateur town. Hacked together trash. There’s a proper way to modify Chromium and they didn’t follow any of it. In contrast, Vivaldi’s coders knew what they were doing. I don’t actively use or support Chrome, but if you’re going to do something, do it right.

    ivn ,

    I don’t know, I’ve seen answers to this so many times on Lemmy.

    wreckedcarzz ,
    @wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

    I’ve seen this answered so many times it’d make your head spin, looney-toons style. If you don’t know then you haven’t been paying any attention.

    cRazi_man ,

    I’m just learning about what all the fuss around Brave is. But I’d be interested to hear how Google seems to be the ethical choice for a daily driver browser currently. It’s obviously fine to not want to use Brave, but how is it the inferior choice when compared to Chrome (or even considered a sidegrade)? Even with all the issues mentioned I’d still recommend it as the lesser of the 2 evils compared to Chrome.

    ivn ,

    No one is saying Chrome is the ethical choice, why are you reducing this to a 2 options choice?

    cRazi_man ,

    why are you reducing this to a 2 options choice?

    I’m not.

    No one is saying Chrome is the ethical choice

    The commenter I’m replaying to implies they’re using Chrome primarily, and then reacted negatively to the mention of Brave. I’m asking how Chrome use is the acceptable choice and Brave is seemingly so bad in comparison.

    ivn ,

    I don’t think the commenter you are replying to is arguing that chrome is a better choice. He or she knows it’s bad but didn’t make the change out of lazyness (no offence). Change has a cost, especially if it implies changing habits. So people will just delay or avoid them.

    KillingTimeItself ,

    obviously, but when you have the option of just, not using chrome at all, why would you use anything chromium based to begin with, google is literally the problem here lmao

    Sustolic ,

    Brave is a great browser and the only chromium one I would ever use but mentioning it on Reddit OR Lemmy will cause you to get mass downvoted unfortunately

    The browser lets you customize the dashboard so you can make the browser look as clean or minimal as you want with almost no distractions

    Biggest issue I have with Firefox is that some websites can be broken but 99.9% of the time this is not Firefox’s fault and the only one to blame is lazy developer’s

    Firefox out of the box doesn’t come with specific features that the websites that I use need which is why I haven’t made the switch yet, biggest one is that Firefox doesn’t work with Keychron’s in browser software that is used to customize their keyboards. Again this is not Firefox’s fault because Firefox didn’t adopt the feature because of security concerns which is completely valid and even commendable.

    EldritchFeminity ,

    I could see this as part of a metrics thing - if Google sees a big drop in users right after the rollout, it’s harder to brush it under the rug as having no correlation.

    KillingTimeItself ,

    brave is literally just chromium, it solves none of the fundamental problems other than being like, reasonably well built.

    It’s chrome, but if it didnt’t try and kill you ever update. That’s the difference.

    jherazob ,
    @jherazob@beehaw.org avatar

    www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

    bluewing ,

    Or perhaps try ungoogled chrome if you enjoy Chrome.

    NegativeLookBehind ,
    @NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world avatar

    Lmao down voted to oblivion

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