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- cross-posted to:
- firefox@fedia.io
- gaming@lemmy.zip
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It’s very sad as I don’t think there’s a proper alternative in short term. In the end, I am afraid that I’ll have to keep using Firefox because it’s essentially the “lesser evil”,
FF was suppose to be alternative to google, until google “captured competition” by making up majority of thier revenue.
It started as an alternative to Internet Explorer and was so much better it actually overtook it.
Actually Firefox is continued development from Netscape Navigator which predates Internet Explorer. Firefox is the grand daddy of internet browsers in that way.
compare to vivaldi flat out refusing ai, keeping mv2, and actually building a blocker and tracker into the browser.
Too bad Vivaldi is still based on Chrome.
And is closed source
The idea is nice, but they all trail behind when it comes to updates and that includes security updates. The browser is just the biggest attack vector on my system and I really don’t want that bit of software to be outdated.
I’ve been using Firefox for longer than i can remember. That said, I’m ready to make the leap if necessary. What’s the next browser to succeed Firefox? Suggestions??
Super pleased with Vivaldi
Vivaldi is chromium based. The goal is to not support Google’s monopoly and stranglehold over dictating web standards.
My 1st goal is to have a good browser experience without Ai crap and have my privacy reasonably respected. Read up on Vivaldi if you question whether their goals align with these.
My second goal is to save the world, but I’m not going to use a crud AI browser like Firefox (which btw is funded by Google anyway) so I can feel superior.
You can still have a good (dare I say better) browser experience without AI crap by using a non chromium based browser.
For example you would probably really like uBlock Origin on a Gecko-based browser. uBO on a chromium based browser isn’t as powerful because of recent Manifest V2 changes.
Also, the fact that Google funds Mozilla is not as bad as actually using chromium browsers. Using chromium browsers does more damage to our internet experience than having Mozilla accept dollars from Google.
In a way, don’t you think it’s weird that Google is funding Mozilla (and by your logic basically endorsing it) and yet you’re not using it?
Ok so where do I go? Waterfox?
I can vouch for zen browser! It’s been really good (so far)!
How’s the extension ecosystem? Or is it compatible with Firefox/Chrome extensions?
So far everything I had on Firefox is working on zen.
They have pushed me back to Vivaldi.
Not open source.
I switched to chromium, I think its bug free
Just noticed this is -22 downvotes. Will someone explain why
Waterfox, Ironfox, Librewolf
Zen?
Ready for this internet fad to die and go back to stone tablets.
Im not a luddite, I’ll still use clay tablets.
I’m also not a luddite, I’ll use pen and paper thank you very much
How gauche - a quill and vellum does the exact same job!
Can I tempt you to join the fountain pen gang? We have shiny nibs and fun coloured inks to match your mood!
Hmmmm, is there sparkly inks? If so then sparkly and shiny is enough to convince me.
Oh yes, some inks are very sparkly.
Chrome =/= Chromium, like Android =/= AOSP folks… just to clarify.
Some aggressive and/or anti user changes in Chromium for Chrome are very difficult to change back and maintain, just look at Brave differences.
And Android isn’t publishing the source code publicly, only as a dump from time to time, so open source projects do not get access to security updates & new features…
I’m sorry to tell you this but open source is NOT in a good place right now. Companies dominate and destroy, with fancy ribbons on top. What we need is a model outside of capitalism, where projects made for humanity can be created without needing to make investors richer.
