@ricci well, my browser of choice hasn't lost a feature...

mxk

@ricci well, my browser of choice hasn't lost a feature yet 😉.
Don't get me wrong, I would love some competition in terms of browser engines, but both Mozilla losing interest in keeping Gekko as a standalone usable component for other browsers and various (mostly business driven) decisions in Firefox really can make it a hard sell.

Like 8 Sep 2023 at 2:41 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hachyderm.io

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Rob Ricci

@mxk I guess "effective adblockers" and "privacy" aren't features?

Chrome has got where it is by being a great browser, but it's turned the corner to being hostile to its users

8 Sep 2023 at 2:43 | Open on discuss.systems

mxk

@ricci I am not using chrome. Claiming that privacy would be such in focus for Firefox, while at the same time the browser tries to trick you at every occasion to use their VPN which certainly isn't good for my privacy also is rather dubious.
So far ublock-origin continues to work as expected in Vivaldi.

8 Sep 2023 at 2:54 | Open on hachyderm.io

Rob Ricci

@mxk Ah, makes sense. I'll note that being a Chromium-based browser, Vivaldi has third-party tracking cookies on by default. You may want to disable them if you haven't already.

8 Sep 2023 at 2:59 | Open on discuss.systems

mxk

@ricci I had those deactivated long before Firefox switched it's default 😉.

8 Sep 2023 at 3:02 | Open on hachyderm.io

fedithom

@mxk @ricci not trying to be the "no me-guy", but in all my years using Firefox as my only browser, never have I been forced or otherwise encouraged to use a / their VPN. I've never even seen it mentioned.
(That said, I'd love a privacy conscious browser without the bad bits of FF)

8 Sep 2023 at 5:56 | Open on social.saarland

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