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1d ago

Which browser do you use and why?

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.

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What’s wrong with Chromium? License or Google backing?
- The Google backing. See ublock Origin for example. Google wants less effective ad blockers because ads are 90% of their business. Google removed manifest v2, which is needed for good ad blocking capabilities. Now Chromium, and any browser based on it (Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, etc.), also lose it. Some have said they will manually add it back in to their browser, but that will only be possible for so long as Google’s upstream Chromium base further diverges.
  The massive market share of Chromium-based browsers also gives Google near complete control over web standards. There are many websites that use non-standard functionality that only works in Chromium and not Firefox or Safari. Developers also will not adopt new standards unless Google chooses to as well because there would not be enough users to justify it otherwise.
  TLDR: Control over Chromium gives Google extremely strong influence over the web and their interests likely do not have much overlap with yours.
- Nothing. Just echo chamber hysteria.
  
  All these downvotes really prove your point.
  I think I might switch to that.
  I used Firefox for cross-platform password management. That’s the biggest impact on me.
  
  Who cares about downvotes from people which become irrational about a browser engine, lol.

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