I recently saw this news on the technology community https://lemmy.world/post/44224445 and got very disappointed with the way things are going with this browser.

I started using it to do my part against the chromium monopoly, but Mozilla is making too many bad decisions in my opinion.

I’ve heard about forks like Librewolf and Waterfox.

Which alternatives would you recommend? Do you use any of them? What are your thoughts on them?

  • angrywaffle@piefed.socialEnglish
    27·
    2 months ago

    Guys, instead of a popularity contest, it’d be more productive if we listed the reasons for choosing one or another.

    • GreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I like that idea, it provides information and gives you something to research as well. IDK shit about shit though so I’m going to keep my mouth shut lol.

  • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
    151·
    2 months ago

    A browser fork is generally less secure, because they’re slower to get security updates. Firefox gives you the option to remove all the AI and that’s a better approach.

    Alternatively you could switch to Firefox ESR, which is basically just better in every way.

  • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    I like waterfox. I felt librewolf was a little too paranoid with its security permissions for convenient use and waterfox strikes a good balance in my opinion between what firefox is doing and what librewolf is doing.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    7·
    2 months ago

    Desktop: librewolf. I’ve not found anything remotely comparable for Android.

  • Bhaelfur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been using Waterfox. I’ve been meaning to look into Zen again.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’ve been using Zen lately. It’s good, but it’s also pretty different. It takes some getting used to. I like it because the interface is minimal and out of the way. It keeps your browser mostly just showing the content on the web page, instead of wasting space with the taskbar that’s only needed occasionally. It’s still all available, just hidden away until needed.

  • pigup@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    A lot of people saying Fennec is good on Android. The line at the bottom is a bit of a turn off, isn’t it?

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      2 months ago

      Most Firefox forks still have support for Mozilla account sync and the extension malware blacklist, as those are useful features to have. But they do share info with Mozilla.

    • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 months ago

      Use IronFox (forked from DivestOS Mull Browser) if you want a private FOSS firefox-based browser on Android. Note that it still lacks per-site isolation like every other FF based browser on Android, but this seems to be the most harden option available.

    • imacatnotaman@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 months ago

      It’s great. The only thing stopping my from using it full time is that no Firefox-based browsers work with the web office editor within my NextCloud instance.