Since currently Lemmy is mostly made up of nerds, I’d like to know what browsers you use and why? You could just upvote the comment with your browser of choice if you don’t want to explain.
Firefox. This browser became solid one, have no issues with performance and plugins support are great. Also Mozilla seems to be against of what Google is doing, such as web DRM.
Also have Google Chrome installed as a backup, and mainly use it for things like WebSerial. Other than that - not using at all.
Also Firefox.
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Firefox + ublock origin
Firefox. I used to be an avid Chrome user, but the domination of Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc) is scary. It essentially gives Google control over what happens on the internet. So I switched to Firefox and it’s been a great browser ever since
Firefox
An established foundation with good interests and goals running it (unfortunately it’s not quite that clear cut - but the best, closest). The source of free software development. Extensive feature set. Robustness.
I haven’t seen the need to use a fork, and like and prefer the idea of using and supporting the one that’s investing in the engine development - even if it’s largely only through free use. (Using forks does not support them this way.)
When briefly using chrome dev tools I’ve always preferred and went back to Firefox dev tools for web development.
Sharing my data with an independent org like Mozilla feels much better and safer than with Google. The services are free software and could be replaced if it ever need be. Still, Mozilla is big enough to expect stability across time.
Tech wise there’s not much difference between the three big players Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
If it weren’t Firefox I’d feel more comfortable with Edge than Chrome.
If Firefox isn’t available, the next best choice would probably be de-googled Chromium (note that Chromium is not necessarily fully de-googled by default) or Safari. Edge is just Chrome plus Microsoft.
Edge is just Chrome plus Microsoft.
Notably minus the Google integration though. Replacing one big corp for another.
I think Edge still has a bunch of the Google telemetry, though. But I could be wrong - I haven’t looked into it because Firefox exists. Firefox also has some Google telemetry kinda stuff by default, just in case you didn’t know - you have to disable it (or bear with it because you want the features)
I’ve found de googled chromium kinda sucks though, PWAs seem unstable and Chromecast doesn’t work properly
That’s always the trade-off - convenience, or privacy? It seems that we live in a world where we can’t really get both, and everyone has their personal preference on where that line should be drawn.
True, I’d rather support Firefox as a browser and an organisation. Edge for pages that work best with Chromium engine
Firefox all day. Been using it since the early 2000s
Firefox with a load of plugins. Mostly adblockers, cookie blockers, and one that automatically runs through the dark patterns that are cookie prompts and rejects all the cookies it can.
one that automatically runs through the dark patterns that are cookie prompts and rejects all the cookies it can.
What extension is this?
Consent-o-matic. This is their github page, the links to both the Chrome and Firefox addon store links are somewhere right there.
Firefox on Mac and PC syncronized.
- Clear Cache
- ClearURLs
- DownThemAll
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
- Enhancer for YouTube
- FrankerFaceZ (for twitch)
- Print Friendly & PDF
- Proton Pass
- Tampermonkey
- uBlock Origin
- iCloud Bookmarks
- Facebook Container
- Firefox Multi-Account Containers (for work)
Safari on my iPhone / iPad.
- Noir (dark mode websites)
- 1Blocker (as an alternative to uBlock - it’s pretty good)
- Achoo (for debugging websites)
- Amplosion (for redirecting AMP sites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Mobile_Pages)
The moment Firefox on iOS/iPadOS gets to use it’s own engine and run it’s own extensions I’m swapping to that, though.
Take a look at vinegar / baking soda as an extension for safari. It replaces the non-standard video players on websites like YouTube with a plain HTML5 player. Much smoother and you get all the iOS / macOS features like scrubbing and PiP. Plus it blocks ads as well!
I shall have a look at that! Peculiar names, though. :D
Firefox!
Firefox, always have been Firefox for me.
FFFL (USBCA)
Firefox for life unless something better comes along
I’ve been using Firefox as my main browser since it was called Phoenix. When I was 17 back in 2004 I put up flyers in my hometown to advertise its release. I’m never switching browsers.
Same here! Before that, I used initially Netscape, then Konqueror on KDE, whose engine KHTML became the foundation of Safari/Webkit and thereby 90% of all browsers nowadays and only started in 2006 or so to exclusively use Firefox.
Recently switched from brave to Firefox+ublock mobile and PC.
Any list of suggested extensions?
Bitwarden
Translate Web Pages
I don’t use many extensions, but those two are useful.
I like Keepa to track prices on Amazon and set alerts for deals. It’s nice since it embeds a chart directly within Amazon product pages. I haven’t reviewed their privacy policy for a while though (last time was a few years ago) so I don’t know how much data they collect and for what purpose.
Bitwarden changed my Life for the Better
I switched from LastPass last year… Should have done it much earlier. I switch before LastPass’ data breach but unfortunately I didn’t delete my LastPass account until after the data breach.
Libredirect if you are interested in private frontends to youtube, twitter and such
Violentmonkey if you want to automate websites
Singlefile
Firefox multi-account containers (yes this is an addon), and temporary containers
Thank you, I’ll check them out
if you use YouTube, deArrow and sponsorBlock.
sidebery to have vertical tree style tabs. use the beta from the GitHub page, they rewrote everything from v4 and v5 and v5 is way better.
Thanks!
Firefox, have it since I switched to it from the Mozilla suite.
Firefox. Moved because of the Manifest V3 changes around November 2022
