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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by dethada@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here's my decision process,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
    • I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it's not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
  3. Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
    • Ublock Origin
    • ClearURLs
    • Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I'm worried about site breakages.

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[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 122 points 3 months ago

I swear this question comes up everyday in Lemmy 😅.

Firefox, I just use Firefox because, it works, it has enough privacy measures, and everyone is looking at the codebase, something that cannot be said about most (if not all) forks.

[-] dethada@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago

Any issue with websites breaking? Since sites only care about chromium support nowadays

[-] wazzupdog 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not op, but I've yet to encounter a website that doesn't work with Firefox. (In the last 5 years)

[-] refalo@programming.dev 22 points 3 months ago

there are plenty, you just don't happen to use them

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Technically true

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[-] AZERTY@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago

I've had a couple sites break but idk if that's because of Firefox or because of my privacy add ons.

[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

The only broken thing is very specific stuff like Slack calls. In fact, it's the only broken thing I've seen in a long while. Also fuck Slack.

[-] wulf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Vast majority of sites work for me (librewolf), but for the few that don't I also have Vivaldi installed

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[-] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Firefox with a handful of extensions, same on phone.

Last time a site "needed" chromium based a user agent switch did the miracle...

[-] nore@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just Firefox, I like the way it looks, and it's open source.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid 17 points 3 months ago

firefox on desktop: to keep away a browser monopoly for another day.

iceraven on mobile: more extensions.

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 months ago

Zen browser. Its a browser that looks like arc browser but its based on Firefox and has tracking removed. Its really nice. They also have their own theme system to change how the browser looks and acts

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Zen Browser, love the split view feature, and native vertical tabs !

https://zen-browser.app/

It's a Firefox fork btw

[-] LordeMostarda@lemmy.eco.br 15 points 3 months ago

Librewolf is pretty good, i like having privacy features out of the box

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago

Firefox here

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Firefox for most things, but I keep a copy of Vivaldi installed because sometimes my firefox setup breaks capcha.

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

Zen Browser since last week. Is a Firefox fork.

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[-] sma3in@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Librewolf. whatever you end up choosing, don't install brave

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[-] Sarothazrom@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Firefox with ublock origin for both desktop and mobile.

Those two programs alone block out like 75% of the annoyances and dangers of the modern internet. Near-complete removal of ads and a couple nice healthy adware and malware guards on top of that.

Add on a VPN and a few more Firefox extensions and I feel that I can browse the net anxiety-free.

[-] floppakid@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago

Mullvad Browser when I'm on my Desktop, which is basically the Tor Browser but without the Tor network. The Mullvad Browser is instead designed to be used with a VPN.

Vanadium when I'm on my phone, which is is a hardened variant of Chromium providing enhanced privacy and security, similar to how GrapheneOS compares to AOSP.

And when I'm at work or using any other computer I try to mainly use Firefox.

[-] outerspace@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Firefox because of extensions on mobile, literally the only browser capable of that

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

Edge isn't private so you have plenty of ways to improve

[-] privacydingus@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Firefox then additional hardening through arkenfox.js, minimal extensions - uBlock + Bitwarden.

[-] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Hardened Firefox on my PC and Waterfox on my phone. Reason: mostly because I have been using Firefox for a long time and I want to stay away from Chromioum-based browsers (but not out of privacy concerns :) ).

[-] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 5 points 3 months ago

A combination of Zen-browser, Firefox and Librewolf.

[-] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Librewolf + uBlock Origin on desktop. Mull + uBlock Origin on mobile.

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[-] batcheck@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Firefox with Betterfox user script. Then from there is a bunch privacy focused/oriented extensions. I also harden my DNS with custom host files from StevenBlack. I also point all my devices to NextDNS as another catch and also to standardize things as I use NextDNS to manage my kids access to the world.

I do need to create a private VPN (of my own) still so my mobile devices can be setup behind StevenBlack host entries.

[-] StanislavP@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Firefox on desktop and Mobile. To keep browser monopoly away. All settings set to max strictness except no DNS, because I have a VPN. Firefox works on 99.9% of sites. You can use a script called Arkenfox, to harden FF even more, almost to Librewolf, but with the advantage of updates coming directly from mozilla. I love the sync function across FF, so that's why I have it on my mobile as well, it's seemless.

[-] EuCaue@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Just Firefox, and gnome web sometimes.

[-] troed@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

Firefox with plugins. If we want there to be anything but Chromium and Safari in the future it's simply what needs to be done. Forks of Firefox will disappear when Firefox does ...

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 months ago

On my laptop, Brave for non-"personal" things (such as fediverse, SoundCloud, AI tools, daily browsing, etc) and Firefox for "personal" things (such as WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn, accessing local govt. services, etc). On my smartphone, Firefox for everything (I disabled the native Chrome).

I've been using Brave in a daily basis because it's well integrated with adblocking tools, especially considering the ongoing strife regarding Chromium's Manifest V2 support, where Brave nicely stands keeping its Manifest V2 support independently of what Google wishes or not.

Firefox is also good, but I noticed that, for me, it has been slightly heavier than Brave. So I use it parallel to Brave, for things I don't need to use often. For mobile, it's awesome, as it is one of the few browsers that support extensions, so I use Firefox for Android, together with adblocking extensions.

[-] foster_hangdaan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Currently using Firefox but I'm also keeping an eye on Ladybird.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

The founder of Ladybird said some questionable stuff that he walked back. You be the judge: https://text.tchncs.de/latenightblog/ladybird-browser-and-drama

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[-] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

Depends on which computer I'm using. Netscape 4 still works relatively well, as long as you're selective about which sites you try to access.

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