@ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-218 days agoWhich browser do you use and why?message-square247fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1176arrow-down1message-squareWhich browser do you use and why?@ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-218 days agomessage-square247fedilinkfile-text
Using firefox but concerned now Read about some alternatives: ARC not OSS and VC funded, NO. Waterfox, FOSS Librewolf, FOSS Zen, FOSS but is just a skin?? Ladybird, FOSS Orion? Arctic Fox Mullvad Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.
minus-square@MangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days agoDepends on which way the Firefox ditchers jump - jumping to Chrome, yeah… not great. Jumping to more privacy respecting options… it’s your data, you should be able to choose (if you care…)
minus-square@9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•19 days agoRead the post above mine… “Privacy respecting options” are almost always downstream forks of firefox. Abandon/kill the source, and downstream dries up
minus-square@MangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoI suspect Tor Browser would fork and soldier on if Firefox became an unsuitable base.
minus-square@ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoUsing a downstream fork only kills the source if the source is funding itself by spying on you.
Depends on which way the Firefox ditchers jump - jumping to Chrome, yeah… not great. Jumping to more privacy respecting options… it’s your data, you should be able to choose (if you care…)
Read the post above mine… “Privacy respecting options” are almost always downstream forks of firefox. Abandon/kill the source, and downstream dries up
I suspect Tor Browser would fork and soldier on if Firefox became an unsuitable base.
Using a downstream fork only kills the source if the source is funding itself by spying on you.