Whats confusing about it? People took something that was going bad and made it good again. Thats the benefit of open source. Even if Mozilla goes closed source the already existing forks can continue
Comment on Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 19 hours agoit’s got settings
Well yeah, Librewolf is basically nothing but settings.
Firefox settings.
Confuses me no end when people rage against Mozilla and then recommend a product that cannot exist without Mozilla.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 46 minutes ago
Even if Mozilla goes closed source the already existing forks can continue
Theoretically yes, practically no. Maintaining a secure modern web engine that’s up to date with - and a part of - setting web standards is something that costs tens of millions per year. Sometimes this even spills into the hundreds of millions.
Random fork projects don’t have the resources to do that.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
A software has roughly three parts: core functionality, UI, default settings. Zen does the UI part and default settings different.