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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by dethada@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. 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.
  3. 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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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

valid question, idk why would people downvote it

broken websites on desktop are rare and not nearly enough to drive a browser change, but they usually fall into two categories:

  1. websites that "break" on purpose for no good reason when they detect it's not chromium. Either avoid the site or change the user agent.

  2. websites that degrade some functionalities because they rely on newer features or on how things appear on chromium. They're usually CSS breakages and do not affect browsing that much.

Support for manifest v2 greatly outweighs these potential issues imo.

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