• XIN@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I like how the “don’t dead, open inside” at the end just works.

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    I always install Firefox on all the work computer kiosks.

    I’m doing my part one page visit at a time.

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    I actually recently switched from brave to Firefox

    It’s going pretty nice so far Plus I love the customization open source stuff always has

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      I thought brave ended up having privacy issues? Is this no longer the case? I just recently switched to ff after being a chrome user for so long (went from FF to chrome long ago)

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            People believe what they want.

            But, you are correct.

            Not necessarily because FF is bad, but because the internet and web standards are often stupid and not privacy friendly.

            Webrtc? Great! (But, by default, it leaks your real IP address even with a VPN). WebGL, web GPU, etc. Sketchy not privacy friendly standards

            But, again. At least FF allows obfuscation either by fingerprint blocking or masking or other config settings. But… it is tedious. And they change flags and flag names constantly.

            FF at least allows you to mod it so you can use it without leaks.

            What irks me is all the telemetry. And this new deal they call fog.

            And the impossible to get rid of add-ons I never asked for. No, I don’t want screenshots built in. Nor amazon, or google, or eBay, or Normandy or opt out studies

            After all the tweaks I make manually (arkenfox user.js is nice, too) it ends up well over a hundred settings to get what I want functionality and privacy wise.

            And, yet, it is still the absolute best of the browsers.

            (Tor, mull, and librefox as well)

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    Its so much better, especially if you aren’t already lost in Google’s sauce.

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      I’m an Android user, but luckily I never really got lost in google’s sauce.

      I’m pretty sure I used Chrome early on in my Android days but not for very long.

      Currently, and for the foreseeable future, my primary browser on Android is Firefox Nightly and I do run firefox on all my computers (I do use Linux).

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    there are also those annoying nerds who think they’re cool cause they use opera GX that make me cringe so badly…

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      Or mull - made by mullvad, the VPN guys. It has all the tor privacy without the tor network and gets updates because, unlike tor, it’s not based on the ESR.

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    My friends have gotten so used to me talking about Firefox that whenever they complain about Chrome they immediately say “Don’t” when I start typing

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    Fight me but I like how Chrome looks and feels. I also have zero issues with its functionality. Many people here are trying to paint it as if it’s a bad browser but the billions using it tell a different story. The issue with chrome isn’t chrome itself but the company behind it.

    Will I switch if they start blocking AdBlock? Yes, but only because of this.

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    A while back firefox removed some of the features that let me manually handle the cookies I allow and block. It’s not great but I’ll be using Opera for a while.

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    as someone who used firefox for the last 20 years or more, I just switched to edge about 6 months ago and I’ve been liking it.

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        Just as a note: edge can be hardened to a point (clear almost all data on closing) where it’s better than Firefox if you are interested in security over privacy or ease of use. If you are already bound to windows, installing Firefox offers marginal privacy in exchange for more attack surface.

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          But why even bother? If you’re privacy conscious and still insist on a chromium based browser just use Brave.

          Use things that respect your privacy by default. Otherwise you have to be in the habit of actively opting out whenever new updates or features are added and anybody who would be that diligent about it is probably already using Firefox or Brave anyway.

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        Can you guys just allow casual people to interact with this website? Holy shit.

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        Or as I have recently taken to calling it Microsoft plus Chrome.
        Do two negatives make a positive? Clearly not. Checkmate matheists.

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            no sir. it started with work and trying out bing cause of work with msft. then it expanded with their rewards for searches and paying for gamepass that way. then I got invited to their early release of the chatgpt equivalent integration. it’s just kind of grown.