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In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 154 points 1 day ago

While FF's evil quotient has been on the rise, Brave definitely isn't a better option. If anything, librewolf is the way to go.

[-] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago

As a Librewolf user I wouldn't make it default for casual users this kind of distro is aiming for. Sure enabling logins to use it as a main browser is piss easy, but that's still more work than the average person wants to put into setting up their system.

Waterfox would be the better choice since it's just default Firefox in every way besides Mozilla's spyware.

[-] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

there’s Zen also. that also has normie defaults, however the drastically changed UI/Uxmight not be for everyone.

[-] tuckerm@feddit.online 16 points 1 day ago

Agreed, I wouldn't recommend Librewolf for casual users. I understand why Librewolf makes those decisions, and I'm glad that it exists, but you definitely run into some quirks when using it. I'm thinking about switching from Librewolf to Waterfox myself.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Doesn't Librewolf log you out of every site when you close it, by default? I don't think that's a good default

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That is the default behaviour, but it's pretty trivial to change. Also, I'd imagine the distro maintainer could choose to change the default settings as part of a post-install script, if they wanted to.

Edit: Not sure why you're being downvoted, as I do think it's a valid concern.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago

It has to be the default tho, bc the whole point of Librewolf is that it's trying to by default be untraceable and private.

It's very easy to disable that and re-enable cookies and the like, but your default experience will fundamentally be private, which is its goal

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

That's not the only point though. IIRC, they also remove telemetry, and pocket as well as some other things. I personally turn back on persistent sessions and history, but leave all the other privacy features there.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago

I personally turn back on persistent sessions and history

I did as well.

My point is just that it makes sense to be the default in that browser given its inclination towards privacy.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Ok but like, that makes a terrible default for Zorin OS users. They're gonna be confused and think it's some hot garbage

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 2 points 17 hours ago

Right. So perhaps Librewolf isn't a good choice for Zorin OS

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