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What browser do yall use? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dethada@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here's my decision process,

Firefox based browser
- To help with browser monopoly
- I really like the sidebery extension
I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
- I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it's not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
- Ublock Origin
- ClearURLs
- Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I'm worried about site breakages.

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[–] wazzupdog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not op, but I've yet to encounter a website that doesn't work with Firefox. (In the last 5 years)

[–] refalo@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there are plenty, you just don't happen to use them

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Technically true

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

when i do a lot of them are fixed by just making it pretend to be chrome

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago

I have been encountering it more lately, but that's because of the types of sites I was using.

The ones that may not work tend to be; banking (usually okay though), work-related (ranging from applications to gig work to job specific), and then if you happen to run into something that requires chromium as a way to function, such as some specific extensions or most functional web music creation tools, like MIDI support.

B-b-b-buuuuut I only use Firefox and all my stock and banking sites work fine on FF, those job sites that needed chromium can get by with Edge, and if you're using web browsers for MIDI tools, really, what are you doing?