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What browser do yall use? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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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[–] hswolf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Does either Librewolf or Mullvad have a mobile version with sync?

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In all honesty, I am not sure if you can sync, but I think I've seen librewolf and Mull being able to sign in to a Firefox account. I don't sync anything unless I self-host, so I have my linkwarden for all my bookmarks needs.

I've heard of a self-hosted alternative to Firefox accounts, but I would need to research that a bit.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago

It can sync, most if not all Firefox based browsers can sync

[–] MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Most Firefox forks can use Firefox sync but that also has privacy implications

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 points 3 months ago

Use Mull (made by the DivestOS developer) on mobile. It is available through the dev's f-droid repo. It is hardened Firefox mobile similar to Librewolf and supports sync because it is a Firefox mobile fork. It is also fully open source and doesnt come with proprietary dependencies (unlike standard Firefox mobile)