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.

  • Drito@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours 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.

  • icogniito@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Zen, absolutely love the workflow and the fact that it is not chromium based.

    Waiting excitedly for ladybird, it is already very impressive but still years left until it is daily drive able

  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 hours ago

    I use several, depending on use case:

    • Tor Browser for general and anonymous web browsing (e.g. reading news, looking up stuff, and so on)
    • Mullvad Browser as a clear web alternative for general use
    • Librewolf for generally logging into sites with personally identifiable accounts (e.g. to buy stuff)
    • Ungoogled Chromium for those few sites which only work with a Chromium-based browser, or other specific cases
    • On Android (GrapheneOS): Tor Browser and Vanadium

    All regular browsers have some hardening applied and uBlock Origin installed.

  • Asparagus0098@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    I use Firefox as my main browser. I use the multi-account containers extension in Firefox to seperate my browsing activities. Brave is installed as a backup in case firefox fails me. I use TOR browser for searching for stuff that I don’t want linked to me.

  • nycki@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I still use firefox despite their questionable leadership, for one major reason: it prevents Google from setting whatever web standards they want. Sites that aren’t standards compliant will usually still work in Chromium-based browsers, but they will break in Firefox, and then I can report the bugs.

  • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
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    4 hours ago

    Librewolf mainly because that’s the Firefox-type browser that comes with my distro (IceCat is there too, but it’s based on ESR and not frequently updated).

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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    7 hours ago

    Firefox. And Thunderbird. And donate to Mozilla.

    Don’t really see the point in using a fork that, by the time you boil it down, just takes Firefox’s work and then releases it later.

    I want a Google and Apple alternative and I’d rather support it at the top of the chain.

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    3 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.

  • COASTER1921@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    Starting yesterday unfortunately Chrome and not Firefox. I just need a working web browser and haven’t had the time to figure out what is wrong with my Firefox installation. I have no clue why but after updating to firefox 135 it eats up all my RAM (20GB+) and uses a significant amount of CPU while idle with only the process monitor tab open. Attempting to browse is unreasonably slow. Refreshing Firefox did nothing, despite now having a Firefox installation which isn’t logged into anything and has no extensions. So I figured that if I’m going to deal with a browser not logged into anything it might as well be Chrome for a bit until I can figure out what the problem is since that’s what all of the internet is designed to work with lately.

  • priapus@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Not sure what you mean by Zen being a skin. Its a fork in the same way Librewolf and Waterfox are forks.

  • Turturtley@aussie.zone
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    8 hours ago

    My issue is that while i am concerned about privacy, i’m more concerned with security patching. And none of these smaller browsers have the resources to turn around security fixes as quickly as firefox or chrome.

    Firefox is the least of the concerns as long as we have the config options to disable anything deemed not privacy-respecting.