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Quick post about AI-free FireFox Based Browsers (Keep your Addons and avoid the Bloat)
(lemmy.world)
Just pick one - All the Fox functionality without bloatware
Librewolf - https://librewolf.net/
Waterfox - https://www.waterfox.com/
Zen Browser - https://zen-browser.app/
More browsers here - https://alternativeto.net/category/browsers/firefox-based/
You can also use this add to disable the ~~shitload~~ ai function in many search engines in one go
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-ai/
GitHub page - https://github.com/jruns/disable-ai
You can find all the links on Mastodon<
As a heads up, Librewolf last I checked had issues with media involving DRM. Ergo, streaming services will throw a fit if you try using them on it. Not an issue if you don't use any of course, and there may be ways around it, but worth knowing that it doesn't work out of the box at least.
I refuse to use any services that make use of DRM on principle. They're defective by design.
it's in settings > general
Easier of a solution than I had found when I tried... I remember looking it up basically being told it wasn't possible without a lot of fiddling. Strange. Good to know it's actually simple!
Actually it should be even simpler because if it's disabled and the site attempts to use it, you'll see a prompt under the toolbar that says you may want to enable it.
what you said might be about watching streaming sites on linux in general. some of them only give you inferior quality streams, some of them outright refuse to cooperate.
Yeah, you have to enable a setting. I think it links you to it when you run into it. Much more of a turn off to me is not being able to use my camera in it, so I have to use a different browser for video calls.
how, what's happening when you try? didn't you check the "never ask this permission" box for the camera permission on settings?