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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Falkon, because it's fully integrated to KDE. Though I wish an actual Qt web browser running Gecko (or Servo, maybe one day) existed.

[–] JanUwU42@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Zen Browser I love it :)

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 3 points 21 hours ago

I use Librewolf as my daily driver, however it breaks a lot of websites. We had to purchase plane tickets yesterday and to use regular Firefox.

I was super hyped for Ladybird but there was this weird thing regarding pronouns on their docs (last year?) and no matter the outcome, I just decided to not follow it anymore.

I have Chromium installed for things that break even on regular Firefox and for comparing websites when I need.

On mobile (grapheneOS), I am currently using Firefox Nightly, I think because it was the only one I was able to install extensions from custom repositories, I am not sure if that's still the case. I know I can (and should use) Vanadium, but I always miss my FF extensions when I do it. I play a lot of things so I love when I am automatically redirected from Fandom to a Breeze wiki instance, for example.

I never tried any other browsers of the list, and honestly I am very curious on the differences between Librewolf and Waterfox. Wasn't able to do the research by myself yet.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Ungoogled chromium, sadly FF has been getting worse over the years (partially because it is getting worse and partially because web developers happen to ignore it's existence) also Chromium has superior security.

I'm hopeful about the future of ladybird but it will take a long time until it is a possible daily driver.

[–] RecipeForHate1@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

I moved to LibreWolf back when Mozilla announced AI features

I appreciate its privacy-focused approach

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 6 points 1 day ago

Librewolf & waterfox are fantastic. Zen is interesting but it takes some work if you are used to firefox/Librewolf. Ladybird isn't out yet 🫠

[–] commander@lemmings.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Firefox. Google removed a valuable addon from their store without justifiable reason and kept it removed because there's not sufficient backlash.

The addon is AdNauseam. It's an improvement on uBlock Origin that clicks ads in addition to hiding them.

[–] rando@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

Using a firefox derivative I dont think is a good option as it will always be behind on security updates.... I guess I am going to wait until the Orion Beta / software comes to Linux which was announced recently. Orion is a WebKit based browser that is on iphone / mac

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Firefox. Equally concerned as well.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 14 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Looking into Librewolf and Waterfox now!

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Long time Firefox user. Installed Librewolf today and so far so good. I used Firefox sync to get all my settings, bookmarks, open tabs, etc. back. At some point I will probably find an alternative yo Firefox sync but it'll do for the time being.

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm a Firefox user and I'm not really that bothered about this tos changes. If they do mess things up I'll probably just switch to some fork that doesn't do the fuckery.

Wouldn't be surprised if Mint packages Firefox with it (whatever "it" is) disabled, since they build Thunderbird without telemetry.

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[–] SunDevil@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

While I'm not sure dropping Firefox is necessary at this juncture, I've had a good experience using LibreFox. Hearing a lot about Zen, though.

Check out Mozilla's clarification: https://www.ghacks.net/2025/02/27/mozillas-new-terms-of-use-causes-confusion-among-firefox-users/

[–] LettucePrey@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

I think this diff makes it pretty clear its time to run, not walk: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114078708183574404

[–] SeeFerns@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Been using zen for a few days with ublock, no issues so far but I might go back to librewolf soon even though it feels less modern. It just feels safer, idk tbh

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (37 children)

I use Firefox. I don't like the changes but I don't want to use any downstream browsers and I don't think any of the not-downstream alternatives do better.

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[–] xmanmonk@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Recent news about Firefox finally got me to go with LibreWolf.

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[–] fishsayhelo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

librewolf for a while now. can reccomend 👍🏿

[–] Vahenir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Myself i run "Firedragon" which is a fork of floorp. As for why its mostly because it came with the distro i run (garuda linux) and it works nicely so i didnt really feel i had to swap it.

[–] penguin202124@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Firefox with Arkenfox. I'm not going to help the Chromium monopoly. The changes suck, but oh the hell well.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

There was some sort of bullshit going on in like 2003 with Internet Explorer so my dad switched us to Firefox, I’ve been on it since. Never felt the need to go to Chrome when it cane around.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Everything is just a skin of either Chrome or Firefox. Until recently, all browser on iPhone were a skin of Safari. Ladybird is the exception.

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[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (6 children)

I use Mullvad Browser. It's maintained in coordination with the Tor Project, and is essentially the Tor Browser with Tor itself stripped out. Same browser fingerprinting protections, however, among other things.

EDIT: I'd like to clarify that this has nothing to do with my trust in Mozilla or Firefox itself, especially not concerning recent panics about benign changes. I still use Firefox on the side, it just does not have fingerprinting protections by default, and hardening it manually leads to minor differences between user configurations (even with Arkenfox if that's still around) that is solved by Mullvad Browser for me. I use Mullvad Browser for my main browsing, and Firefox for specific exceptions. Firefox itself is fine, and no, Mozilla is not burning it to the ground.

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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Zen for regular activities (I pin all important services), Firefox for browsing for something else.

GNU IceCat is also amazing as concept, but generally unusable since it ends up blocking too much and manually allowing everything is a hassle. But still, the pages that work are clean, and I love that by default the browser doesn't do anything without your permission - it doesn't even connect to update and telemetry services, it has 0 connections on startup, unlike almost anything (qutebrowser does the same, but, unless you are a strong Vim fanboy, you won't like the experience).

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