Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox

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• guywithoutaname@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  FYI if you want to edit the Firefox policies directly and save it in /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json, this is the file they are using

    "policies": {
      "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
      "DisableTelemetry": true,
      "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true,
      "FirefoxHome": {
        "SponsoredStories": false,
        "SponsoredTopSites": false,
        "Stories": false
      },
      "GenerativeAI": {
        "Enabled": false
      },
      "SearchEngines": {
        "Remove": [
          "Perplexity"
        ]
      }
    }
  }```
  

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• Dequei@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just use Librewolf

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  • NotSteve_@piefed.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I really like the Zen browser. It’s Firefox-based, open source and privacy focused with AI removed but it’s also really pretty and is built around vertical tabs

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    • JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I love zen browser and its workspaces. I just cannot use any other Firefox forks anymore without it. It’s more than just containers in Firefox.

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    • akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ia this just desktop? No mobile?

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    • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Zen browser my beloved 🥰

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  • in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For those interested

    https://librewolf.net/installation/

    https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues/issues/1919

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  • FenderStratocaster@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know I’ll get flak for this, but I am sticking with FireFox, because it saves my passwords.

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    • gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d recommend switching to something like Bitwarden for your passwords so you can take them with you and also switch your stuff around if you ever want to

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    • MunkyNutts@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve been using Librewolf for some months now. You can migrate your Firefox profile into Librewolf, that’s what I did and it retained my passwords. I’m not very tech savvy but it does have some kinks, my browser clock is off I’ve tried tinkering with it but gave up. And especially with the Resist Fingerprinting enabled it seems to not retain my 2 factor id for sites when I ask it to remember me.

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    • albbi@piefed.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can switch to WaterFox and it seamlessly uses the FireFox sync to use all your passwords. Very easy drop in replacement.

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    • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Try waterfox maybe?

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    • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So can librewolf

      You can still use firefox sync as well

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  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I switched from Firefox to Librewoof about a month ago and it’s been wonderful. I can’t imagine what it would take for me to switch back to Firefox. I’ll probably ride Librewolf until the project dies.

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  • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think even with Librewolf you need to open the about:config page and disable browser.ml settings.

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    • Kr4u7@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      afaik is that fixed by now - the team strongly opposes ai and stated that they want to keep it as clean as possible

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• kali_fornication@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  given what “edge” means among the teens these days, microsoft really should go back to the old browser name…microsoft goon

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  • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t get what was wrong with the name of Internet Explorer.

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    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They don't want you exploring anymore. Exploration would take you away from their profitable walled garden.

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    • Vince@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Marketing sucks, IE was forever tainted. Like now, even if Copilot ran entirely on solar power and cured cancer, solved all hardest math problems, somehow achieved world peace and solved hunger, etc, people would still hate it.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Great move for those that don’t want to migrate, but I’d recommend just switching to Vivaldi if you like chromium browsers, librewolf if you are used to Firefox, and if you use edge you aren’t even reading this so whatever.

  Edit: I guess if you can get this to work on a work computer where edge is your only browser option perhaps, that would be nice.

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• RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Shopping features: coupon codes

  This feature doesn’t seem like the others.

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  • AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It kind of is. For example, Edge will automatically pop up in the corner at checkout and offer coupon codes, most of them will never work, then they’ll steal the affiliate revenue from whoever actually sent you to the site in the first place, or add an affiliate link where it didn’t previously exist, so that the site now has more expenses that are just… paying Microsoft for no reason, making everything you buy more expensive in the long run.

    It pops up whether you want it or not, it’s convoluted to disable, it slows down your browser when it’s running, it financially harms the shops you buy from, and it often just lies about having coupons to waste your time while pretending it’s helping you.

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  • dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you’re familiar with the controversy around the Honey coupon addon, there are a lot of parallels in terms of privacy, ethics etc.

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• rando@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would anyone know if this would work for all Firefox derivatives as well? Zen browser in my case. Also would it work for flatpak installations as well?

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  • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Does Zen Browser even include the AI shit from Mozilla? I know for a fact that neither Waterfox nor Librewolf do.

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    • rando@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I see, at least initial read/reviews seem to mention Zen removes Firefox telemetry and AI so that’s good. (I also have waterfox installed but didn’t really use it as main browser)

      Now need to see if flatpak Firefox is supported by this script.

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