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,
- Firefox based browser
- To help with browser monopoly
- I really like the sidebery extension
- 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.
- 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.
Librewolf + uBlock Origin on desktop. Mull + uBlock Origin on mobile.
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firefox on desktop: to keep away a browser monopoly for another day.
iceraven on mobile: more extensions.
Librewolf is pretty good, i like having privacy features out of the box
Firefox for most things, but I keep a copy of Vivaldi installed because sometimes my firefox setup breaks capcha.
I have the exact same setup
Librewolf. whatever you end up choosing, don’t install brave
Brave is better than Chrome, Edge and stock Firefox
no it really isn’t
Specifically stock Firefox? Sure.
I use Brave when sites don’t work on Firefox.
How so? Brave has strong fingerprinting protection and permission control
Did everyone forget the crypto thing
No one forgot about it. It just isn’t that big of a deal. You can turn it off pretty easily and it isn’t really forced. Still way better than Chrome or Edge as those browsers are designed to track you in order to show ads. I think the hate against Brave was blown way out of proportion. It is still better to use hardened Firefox but from a absolute defaults perspective Brave is better. As soon as you start hardening Firefox that changes of course especially with Manifest v3
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how is that any different than what firefox is doing lmao
Firefox has weaker protections out of the box. You are welcome to prove me wrong. Last time I tested that’s what I found.
Firefox here
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.
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
Oh cool, I’ll have to switch. I’ve been using Arc for a few months now and really like it, but would rather move away from chromium. I’d been using Firefox for years before that
The say zen is suspicious. Brand new and not really tested. Keep an eye on it.
Librewolf
Zen Browser since last week. Is a Firefox fork.
I love the split-screen feature.
For the unfamiliar, here’s their home page: LINK
Does it have a mobile version with sync?
It works with firefox sync so you can use firefox mobile and sync with it
Mull on mobile, mullvad and Firefox on desktop
LibreWolf.
i use hardened firefox but i also use vivaldi when i need to use chromium for whatever reason
Firefox because of extensions on mobile, literally the only browser capable of that
Waterfox will too. Big fan of it.
Kiwi does extensions, too. Do not use it, though.
Edge isn’t private so you have plenty of ways to improve