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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah problem is the only other option seems to be Brave and that's also run by shitheads

I don't think there are many browsers that aren't run by jerks.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Librewolf is a firefox fork with the bs removed.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Librewolf user here, no real issues once you get the privacy and security settings to your liking.

[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I switched from librewolf to Zen a while back, but now Librewolf has vertical tab support so it’s won my heart back <3

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Brave isn't open source either as I recall.

[–] salmoura@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Exactly, and chromium is only nominally open source. The reality is that Google has the final say on how the project is developed, and maintaining a viable independent fork would require a herculean effort.

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think Brave is at least mostly open source. Their builds are public and come from their github repo. I think they might throw in some proprietary bits during packaging (maybe related to drm or crypto or ads?) but I'm not 100% certain.

I've been tying to convince myself to use Brave for like 6 months but their crypto and ad history makes me wary.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My understanding is that the open source part is basically just the underlying Chromium engine, but all the UI code that drives it is proprietary.

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago