@tante Except Chromium based Brave browser.

@tante Plus Brave once pushing that Crypto shit on everyone without consent and having private investors are two major red flags.

Mozilla has problems, but not of those kind

@tante same here

@tante I migrated to firefox too this year, very happy with that decision overall.

@tante Switched to Firefox 2-3 months ago, when Google announced they would start to analyze my search and browsing(?) history etc. for Ads. Felt a bit too intrusive..

And I thought they stopped that V3 stuff?
oh, no wait! That was this WebDRM stupidity..

Yeah.. "Don't be evil." *lol*

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🤔 "There are so many browsers, just pick one." -- Actually, there are pretty few Browsers that are not "Chromium with some extensions on the interface" or pretty small projects (kudos to Midori/Gnome-Web/Falkon teams, you're great!). TBH the only Browser there is is @mozilla #Firefox ...

@tante I'm not that deep into that topic, but firefox with Ad-Blocking and tracking blocked seems to break almost any page that uses some google stuff in the background - which does not leave many unaffected. It's a complete mess, and we need to destroy google. It's evil.

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I am using #Duckduckgo and, despite a beta, does it’s basic job with protection and simplicity. Only for Mac OS and Windows.

#Firefox for more complex things

@tante i switched to firefox last year, it is so much better. gotta re-enter all my passwords again but fuck it. worth it

@tante I use Librewolf (Firefox fork) and Cromite (Chromium fork based on Bromite), both with privacy settings and tools baked in. I keep a regular browser like Edge around if these two absolutely break something I'm trying to do.

@tante I'm staying with @Vivaldi

@tante I read on EFF that Firefox is also adopting V3. Doesn't that mean no uBlock on Firefox?

@tante Brave is a horrid little browser.

But therein lies an issue.

Nobody can write a browser any more. At least not from scratch. It's just too big a job.

@tante When I have to use Chrome(ium) for compatibility, I use Ungoogled Chromium, which aims to delete the privacy breaches. Please keep in mind that I am no expert on "V3" or browser privacy, and therefore cannot say if the project is able to handle that in a meaningful way.

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I still don't get why so many people are/were using chrome in the first place.

I myself am using firefox for ages and I love me my awesomebar that's using my chronic to search and not primarily the web. Fuck this

@tante dude, where did you get the info on brave’s shady practices and its founder?

@tante just wanted to mention Vivaldi @Vivaldi in the "so many browsers, just pick one" category, I've been very happy.

@tante Please, tell me more about Brave, I didn't heard nothing about it

@tante I would add that, since you are making the effort of switching, choose something else *not* chromium based. It helps well the web ecosystem to lower the impact Google has on standardisation.

@tante orrrrrr you can use Brave or other browsers with built-in blockers

@tante I wish FF had native vertical tabs and could "install" websites (PWA?). Then it would be the one I would recommend the most.

(No, I am not looking for recommendations on FF plugins for tabs)

@tante that's one thing I like about Google: every few months, they make you re-think if it's really such a good idea to use a browser that is owned and payed for by forcing adverts in your face through just that browser.

@tante what other browsers work with vs code to allow stepping through code?

@tante May one point you to this toot of mine:

https://troet.cafe/@Haver/111376058054783241

@tante I'm a happy firefox user for the past few years. We're a bit of minority though hey? I went back to it actually. My impression was that about 10 years ago firefox was becoming increasingly CPU/memory hogging but these days it seems to be a lot better.

@tante I started using the fox of fire again a few months ago after years of using Chromium stuff, and I'll say it's good to be back home.

@tante most Chrome derivative said they would keep MV2 because of the cost. Including Microsoft.

@tante Not sure when people migrated to Chrome or why... from IE I went to firefox and never switched again. It does everything I need it to and installing DuckDG + blockers just makes it better.

@tante I added AVG secure browser to Chrome and I have no problems

@tante I never left Firefox in the past 20 years.

@tante I fully switched to Firefox in 2003 when it was called Firebird.

@tante to all those that say no other engine exists, or is impossible to write, have a look at #servo which just got a grant by #ngi0 so there is active work to write a new engine, very much looking forward to it!

@tante I switched to Firefox back when it reached version 0.3 and loved it since. When I need a chromium browser (because some people still don’t test for Firefox) I’m using Vivaldi.

I’m sure people will have issue with those choices, but neither of them are the shit show which is Google

@tante As a former techie, I latched onto Firefox fifteen years ago and never looked back.

It also says something about Firefox when TOR uses it as the base for its browser.

@tante did it three weeks ago, can recommend. #Firefox

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Already don't use Chrome. Currently using Firefox Nightly.