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EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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Now if Mozilla would finally get a CEO who is not driven by stupid capitalistic bullshit, I would actually start using Firefox again.
Until then, I stick to WaterFox.
Why not LibreWolf?
For the same reason I don’t like Chromium or Alpine Linux. Minimalism can be nice, however in most cases too many features were stripped away to be useful tools. At least for me, so no offense to people who love the minimalistic approach :)
Too locked down for the average user.
It is? I didn't notice anything. I suppose by virtue of having even heard of it I'm not the average user.
Some websites don't work correctly, due to the strict settings.
I guess I don't view those types of sites on my Pc (probably on my phone).
Its a really really simple change to make them work again and iirc you can set a profile but it is mildly technical which means wayyy too difficult for average people
I apparently did it without remembering. Hut you're right most cannot or will not.
With default settings it will wipe your history and cookies on exit
(Which I happen to forget about every single time I install it on a new machine, I hate this default with a passion)
Then there's disabled WebGL, which you also have to reenable on a bunch of sites. Not too hard, but probably annoying for some
I forgot about that too. Thanks.
It genuinely hurts my soul that this is a complete argument.
The idea that users could or should have preferences - to be responsible to opt (in or out) in any capacity is an unreachable goal.
It's frustrating that a lazy or evil developer can so easily convinve the masses to give up privacy simply by dangling a shiny just outside the default security safeguards.
Ok
Isn't waterdox owned by a weird company?
Not anymore. It’s owned by the creator again.
Oh awesome!
I like because it’s essentially a stripped down version of FireFox that runs faster and does without any Google or AI being defaulted to on or being in the browser at all (AI).
I find the local trandlation AI to be quite useful. That's all I'm using though
Does WaterFox allow using Mozilla accounts to sync bookmarks and tabs between devices or have some equivalent option?
It does, it's only flaw is that is uses Brave's ad hijacking thing