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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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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[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mostly fennec (firefox) on android but there are concerning news every half year about firefox. No idea how long I can withstand.

Vanadium is my alternative but it has no (good) browser tab overview (list instead of huge squares). And bottom navigation is sub par as well. Brave would be better in that regard but vanadium is rock solid.

As soon as firefox drops ublock, I'm out. For me, that day is still far away, but I guess it's inevitable. You can't trust firefox not chaning their path anymore. :'( .

[-] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Right now I use mainly Firefox, not because I like it but because it comes with my distro (whereas LibreWolf requires Flatpak) making it work well with the PWA project and it supports weird hacks necessary to install Widevine on my system so I can listen to Tidal. I also have LibreWolf installed with data set to delete on close and set up to proxy over Tor and I2P using privoxy and has LibRedirect installed which is set up to redirect to the corresponding onion/i2p domains. I was trying to install Zen Browser using the Guix package manager earlier but had problems, but I might try again later.

On Android, I use Vanadium for sites I stay logged into, Cromite with auto clearing history for other stuff, and Ironfox for Kagi and to use plugins like LibRedirect.

[-] Drito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

I use Librewolf, I manage passwords with pass and rofi. Hoppefuly AIs will write a new FOSS web browser. I read here and here that the web standards are too big to be implemented by humans.

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[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Librewolf (I love the privacy) Tor browser (To browse onion sites/View webgl websites or privacyintrusive sites)

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[-] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months 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.

[-] bubbalouie@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Firefox because I don't fuck around. ublock origin, betterfox, and nextdns. My config ensures there is that one site I need to use ungoogled-chromium for, once a month.

[-] Patrik@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Fennec on mobile, haven't gotten around to replacing FF on Desktop yet.

[-] Arfman@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I was thinking of switching to one of the Firefox forks but have only tried Waterfox so far and not super impressed. I guess Firefox is the best out of the bad bunch until I find an alternative I like.

[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Interesting. What did you dislike about waterfox?

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[-] rando@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months 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

[-] jaypatelani@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Check articFox

[-] huggingstars@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Firefox on Desktop. Chrome or Vanadium on Mobile.

[-] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

As of late using konqueror, it quite bs-less

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