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Take a look at these alternative browsers to Google Chrome & let us know which is your favorite! 🌐 🔐 (files.mastodon.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Tutanota@mastodon.social to c/firefox@lemmy.world

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Take a look at these alternative browsers to Google Chrome & let us know which is your favorite! 🌐 🔐

If you're looking for a new browser find out more 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

@firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @palemoon @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Waterfox @Freenet @librewolf

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[–] Thyazide@lemmy.world 45 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

These are all just chrome and firefox with extra steps.

[–] Nead@social.vivaldi.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

@Thyazide @Tutanota
From Vivaldi concerning it being Chromium based:
"Vivaldi is based on Chromium, which is open-source, and all the
improvements we make to this code are published under the same open-
source license. That’s roughly 95% of the code. The remaining 5%, related to Vivaldi's UI, remains proprietary to this day, although it is still possible to make sense of the obfuscated code and edit it to mod the browser to your liking (something some of the community members do).
As for the reasons for not going fully open-source at the moment, despite
many of Vivaldi's employees being proponents and users of open-source
software, the devil is in the details. The UI is what makes Vivaldi a unique
browser, we wouldn’t want our work to be used to create a forked browser
that opposes our ethics, and given our limited resources, we cannot
commit to review submitted patches.
This is what works for our company now, but the discussion is, regardless,
far from settled."

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 weeks ago

True

[+] marc_eu@veganism.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

They're not "run on Chromium" like apps run on Windows. They use Chromium as their integral part. Better analogy would be taking Windows, uninstalling some but not all pre-installed apps, adding a bunch of bells and whistles to it, and saying that you've made an OS that is an alternative to Windows.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. Calling Chromium-based browsers "Chrome with extra steps" might not be exactly accurate, but it conveys the truth of the matter pretty accurately

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Good analogy, what happens if Microsoft decided tomorrow that windows was no longer a profitable venture and stopped maintaining it?

Relying on Chrome and Firefox for alternatives to Chrome and Firefox is still an issue. Especially with Mozilla, if they folded the community would not have the resources to maintain Firefox.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The majority are soft forks - compiling chromium with some flags, patches, presents, and add-ons.

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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I like Librewolf

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[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Librewolf is the only answer

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[–] gverdun@mamot.fr 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

@Tutanota @firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @palemoon @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Freenet @librewolf **Waterfox**, of course : No Mozilla A.I. bullshit but still account Sync through all my browsers. 😙

[–] bilouba@jlai.lu 7 points 3 weeks ago

Firefox, always happy with it as a user

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

how many of these alternatives are firefox forks and how many of them are chrome forks?

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren't most of those just chrome in a hooded jacket?

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Most of them actually are Firefox in a hooded jacket.

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[–] standardUser@anarchist.nexus 5 points 3 weeks ago

I like zen flavored Firefox and librewolf

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

I absolutely adore LibreWolf!

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

All I see in that photo is a bunch of logos on white backgrounds. That’s some lazy ass icon design.

[–] marc_eu@veganism.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

@Tutanota @firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Freenet @librewolf

Where's @Vivaldi ?

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I love PaleMoon, but can't really daily drive it. Mostly just use Waterfox and Firefox. Waterfox is fantastic and fixes pretty much every issue I've ever had with Firefox.

Do search engine browsers like DuckDuckGo or Ecosia have anything to offer? From my experience they're just Firefox but worse. Has anything changed recently?