Firefox, because a) open source, b) ad blocking, and c) fuck Google and other corporate overlords.
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Firefox because it's one of the last browsers against the Chromium monopoly.
Also UBlock Origin is wayy better on Firefox, even before Google forced their version of Manifest v3 on all Chromium based browsers.
And on android, Firefox is the only browser that allows installing ublock-origin and user scripts
I know all you nerds use firefox, but i'm still on the plebian chrome
Boo, not even chromium
π I was on Firefox before Chrome, and happily switched once I learned how much faster Chrome was around 2008. Switched back to Firefox not long after they introduced container tabs and their android browser is so much nicer that now I can't use chrome anymore.
I did the same, except I just switched back to Firefox this past fall. Trying to degoogle myself
Firefox and sync my mountain of addons between all the machines I have it on. Fennec on android.
Do you run your own Firefox sync service or use Mozilla's?
I've wanted to set my own sync up but never got around to it. The few times I've skimmed over the setup process, it looked pretty rough.
Using Moz's but I would like to run my own at some point too!
Hey there, if you're only using sync for bookmarks and arent afraid of Docker, may I humbly suggests xBrowsersync, been using that for ages now on a selfhosted instance without hiccups.
It is the addons, but I will definitely keep that in mind for others in the future! Thanks! (also I love containers, they really are the way to go)
Web application developer by trade... So, unfortunately Chrome at work. But, at home and on mobile, Firefox 100% of the time!
Firefox is my browser for life, but I use a lot of them depending on the context. Chromium has very good dev tools that I need for my work. Safari has good battery performance on macOS laptops. Arc has some nifty new ideas.
Firefox, I mean, its pretty much the default considering where we are
Firefox.
I used Chrome for the longest time, but I started having a problem that I thought was Chrome related so I installed Firefox to see if it solved my issue. It didnΒ΄t, and I eventually discovered the actual issue of my problem, but I ended up liking Firefox too much and stayed.
I also use Firefox on Windows, Linux and Android.
Firefox most of the time, replaced by Chrome on one of my configurations, where Firefox would lead to graphic card freezes from time to time. Edge for Teams at work. Opera once in a while because I am nostalgic of the fantastic Opera mini browser on early versions of Android.
Also, Firefox on Android or Fennec on phones without Google Play.
I have changed browser maybe every five or so years, whenever I had issues with the one I'm using. I've been back on Firefox as primary for a couple of years now.
Firefox.
I've been using it since the Phoenix days. I occasionally go to Vivaldi (which is currently my secondary browser), but currently I'm back with Firefox.
Firefox or Vivaldi on pc & notebook, Vanadium & Fennec on Android - Grapheneos.
Good to see another grapheneos user
I use Vivaldi, because it just has a better UI and better usability features.
I just use Vanilla Firefox, I use chrome for work but all my personal stuff on Firefox, left chrome after there was talk of stopping ad blockers.
Currently using vanilla Firefox with https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix to make the tabs look like actual tabs rather than weird floaty bubbles.
Used to use Chromium, but switched because they made it so that sites could autoplay videos in response to "user interactions", whatever that means.
TBH, not that happy with the current state of browsers; too much telemetry and not enough customizability.
Firefox, and ill continue to use it for as long as possible. No thanks Chromium.
vivaldi cus its just too gorgeous and so many things packed in face with heart eyes
Question, is there a way to silence all of Vivaldi's updates? I'm ok with updating in the background but I had to uninstall it because it was so annoying
gahh idk about that one man, personally i dont mind the updates cus im always trying to have the newest features. sorry that was an issue.
Yeah, I guess I got used to other software keeping it out of sight/out of mind. At least on FF it just opens a new tab to let you know but it's otherwise seamless so I was half-expecting the same. Maybe I'll give it another go if I can find a solution or it'll drive me nuts lol
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PC: qutebrowser (nice, quick, ad-block and good native keybinds)
iOS: Ecosia (fork of Firefox app that I think is better for my use considering I use Ecosia as my search engine)
That's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. I mostly browse from my phone / tablet nowadays, but qutebrowser is such a good vim-like browser experience.
PC: Firefox (without the arkenson js yet) Android: Firefox too ^^
I really like that Firefox is one of the rare breeds on the mobile scene which provides some browser extensions too.
yo question ab firefox coming from dude who knows very little ab it, i watched a video browser tier list by eric murphy and he listed hardened firefox in S tier, do u reach hardened firefox by downloading configs for it off github? how reliable is it and do things tend to crash if u try to have many options at the same time (like an amalgamtion of stuff from different ppl in order to reached a specific desired outcome, in terms of options, security settings and look)?
Iβm in web dev, so I have a bunch of browsers. My main driver on my desktop is Librewolf with a bunch of extensions that make browsing the web enjoyable at best and tolerable at worst. I use DuckDuckGo Lite as my main search engine on all my browsers.
Other browsers I use are Brave (main browser on my mobile device). Vanilla Firefox (for web dev or logging in as Librewolf isnβt best for many aspects of web development and many sites trip up when you try to log in with LW). Ungoogled Chromium when Brave is too slow (Brave is slowest of the ones I use).
I also read news from the Links terminal browser. Yes the original Links Browser, not Lynx, or elinks, or links2, or w3m, etc.
I donβt use Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Edge. I use Safari sparingly just to be sure some of my sites are working on it. I have played around with Tor, but generally donβt have a need to set anything up on the Dark Web at the time of this writing, so yeah.
Firefox on PC and Android. DuckDuckGo is my default search engine now
DuckDuckGo is my default search engine now
How is that working for you? I am thinking of switching in my quest to get out of google stuff
Great, occasionally have to switch search engines to get certain kinds of results but that's true with Google as well
Not op but I'm using DDG since many years and I feel like is continuously improving.
In case you miss google or you need a different search you can simply add !g to the search and search on google from DDG (it opens a google page)
librewolf on the desktop. works for me. Came from vivaldi, which is too big for my old laptop setup (takes ages to load). Using fennec on android. But, recently i needed a browser for android which allows a bookmark.html file to be imported (camera froze with sync) and couldn't find one. everything today MUST go over the sync (cloud).
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Firefox, Epiphany web browser and midori. When I'm using windows I use Firefox.
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