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LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM. If you have any question please visit our FAQ first: https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

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LibreWolf's defaults are too strict and slow down adoption (jlai.lu)

submitted 23 hours ago by azalty@jlai.lu to c/librewolf@lemmy.ml

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I believe LibreWolf's defaults are too strict and slow down adoption. Most options are either : all or nothing. No in-between.

Sadly, I believe the default settings are too strict and will slow down adoption by the mass, which would in term bring a better anonymity set.

It's not a great alternative to Firefox because LibreWolf is just not usable for the daily user: no DRM, no cookies, no history, websites that break... The browser should let the user choose:

Maximum compatibility (more tracking)
Mid-option (like a modded firefox but without the annoyances like cookies not being stored, having a fixed size, or forced light-mode/timezone)
Best privacy (pretty much the current mode)

I find myself forced to edit the default settings which is a huge privacy/fingerprinting risk. If we create 'settings groups', yes, the privacy will be hurt, but at least we will be more in each group.

What do you think about this?

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[–] SomGye@dormi.zone 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I use Waterfox as my main browser and LibreWolf as my secondary for quick searches and things I want to be separated.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

Seems nice, but them using Bing and getting paid for it is... a bit counter intuitive... no tracking, except if it gives us a bit of money

A bit like firefox... oh well

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Why don’t you create the exact browser you want, publish it, and then listen to people like you complain that it’s not the exact browser they want? 😂 Seriously, it takes like a few seconds to tweak the user settings w/r/t search engines.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu -1 points 19 hours ago

Off-topic. I’m just saying I have trust issues on the proposed fork because of the deal they have with Microsoft, which I think is more than valid.

I’d like to have a browser I can feel comfortable using and also feel comfortable recommending it to less tech people. Sadly right now there’s no perfect option. We should always aim for the ideal tool, don’t you think?

And seriously, you’re using the « do it yourself if you’re not happy »? Nice way to stop a discussion without any arguments. Do better.

[–] SomGye@dormi.zone 4 points 21 hours ago

Yeah I removed that immediately. Most browsers and forks make their money through search engine partnerships, sadly.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago

You can change the default search engine in less than five clicks. You're going to be installing the addons you need anyway (uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger at bare minimum).