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I feel like this was important to get out there. I don't know how many of you use DivestOS, but this also applies to the Mull Browser, which was a good browser and a common suggestion due to it being based on Firefox, and therefore not running in Chromium.

Unfortunately, it seems all of this is coming to an end. The software will no longer receive updates, and therefore should not be used anymore. I wish the users of DivestOS-related software luck in finding good replacements.

~~For a browser at least, Brave has good content blocking and basic protection. Overall, this is a pretty big blow to mobile Firefox.~~

Browsers, on mobile especially, are very subjective. Here's a table DivestOS provided on their site https://divestos.org/pages/browsers.

For the OS itself, it's probably back to stock :(. I mean, GrapheneOS is always there for pixel users, but most DivestOS users are not running it on a pixel.

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[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Just looked at the linked blog entry. Is there a particular reason?

Also damn... this actually makes me kind of sad to see such good software go unmaintained. Ofc the volunteering maintainers don't owe it to anyone to upkeep their projects indefinitely

[-] AshenWolf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Saw on a forum that the Dev wanted to move on, since they've been working on the project for 10 years.

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