Comment on Mozilla Firefox is getting a free built-in VPN, with a catch

• RejZoR@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I consider Vivaldi as my backup choice if there is ever something to happen to Firefox. I’ve tried it several times and it’s fine, but I still just prefer Firefox. It just works better.

  What annoys me is that Vivaldi entirely depends on Google’s extensions store and that sucks. For that I actually like Opera more as they have their own that is not controlled by Google, but the browser has few really dumb issues and design choices, like why is fucking Google Search the only option in Start page?

  So, yeah almost no matter what I try there’s just always something dumb and I then return to Firefox.

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  • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have you tried Librewolf or Waterfox? I switched to Librewolf about a month ago, after 25 years of using Firefox. Some people say Librewolf breaks websites, but I guess the websites I use are not affected since I haven’t run into any problems so far.

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    • ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      +1 for Librewolf. I couldn’t load Google Earth but that was no surprise. They also don’t allow telling websites to use dark mode to prevent fingerprinting, which sounds neat after getting used to it.

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      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Wait what? They don’t allow websites to use dark mode to prevent fingerprinting? I had firefox warn me Lowes was asking for my biometrics back in 2020 or so. Wtf? Are these websites grabbing my iris scans and fingerprints without me knowing it?

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m testing Librewolf, but I think having a Chromium based plan B is a good idea.

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  • XLE@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In my experience, Vivaldi buckles under a heavy load. It feels clunky, like the team tried to develop a browser within a browser*, and all the added features like an email client inside of it probably don’t help.

    * I’m pretty sure the whole UI is like an Electron app in there, which might explain the bizarre behavior that’s usually handled decently by other forks: Tab handling, keyboard shortcuts, etc

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  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Isn’t opera chinese?

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    • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is and I wouldn’t use it. Librewolf for primary use and Waterfox for less rigid browsing seems to work okay for me. FF (w/UBO) for a third opinion if needed.

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• elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Blink trash?

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  • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Technically, no, but I don’t want a world with just one browser engine.

    I remember the dark days of IE6

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