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submitted 1 month ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/firefox@lemmy.world

I'm thinking of doing a thing, and was hoping for some feedback (and maybe it'll change my mind):

  1. How do you define bloat in a browser?
  2. What are some examples of it, and what browsers have it?

So far I'm thinking bloat includes...

  • Extra software that typically is standalone, like an email client or RSS reader
  • Things that are not widely wanted in a browser, and could be extensions, like an AI toolbar or a cryptocurrency wallet
  • Advertisements built directly into the browser

Are PDF readers bloat?
How about LibreWolf's uBlock Origin?
And why/why not?
I've got some of my own reasoning in the list above, but I'm interested in others' thoughts.

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[-] hobata@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

That's easy:

$ du -sh firefox-150.0.1/
301M    firefox-150.0.1
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