Since currently Lemmy is mostly made up of nerds, I’d like to know what browsers you use and why? You could just upvote the comment with your browser of choice if you don’t want to explain.

  • gerryflap@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Firefox. I used to be an avid Chrome user, but the domination of Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc) is scary. It essentially gives Google control over what happens on the internet. So I switched to Firefox and it’s been a great browser ever since

  • RMiddleton@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Vivaldi on laptop, Orion on iPhone — but as of last week Orion is crashing multiple times a day (after months of use without issues).

  • nihth@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Home pc: Vivaldi

    Phone: Vivaldi

    Work pc: Vivaldi + Firefox

    Edit: i really liked the old Opera browser (12.16 and prior or whatever), and Vivaldi is the closest to that

  • drifty@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Floorp. It’s a Firefox fork with good privacy and security, but not as intrusive as Librewolf and doesn’t break websites by default

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Firefox

    An established foundation with good interests and goals running it (unfortunately it’s not quite that clear cut - but the best, closest). The source of free software development. Extensive feature set. Robustness.

    I haven’t seen the need to use a fork, and like and prefer the idea of using and supporting the one that’s investing in the engine development - even if it’s largely only through free use. (Using forks does not support them this way.)

    When briefly using chrome dev tools I’ve always preferred and went back to Firefox dev tools for web development.

    Sharing my data with an independent org like Mozilla feels much better and safer than with Google. The services are free software and could be replaced if it ever need be. Still, Mozilla is big enough to expect stability across time.

    Tech wise there’s not much difference between the three big players Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.

    If it weren’t Firefox I’d feel more comfortable with Edge than Chrome.

    • Blake [he/him]@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      If Firefox isn’t available, the next best choice would probably be de-googled Chromium (note that Chromium is not necessarily fully de-googled by default) or Safari. Edge is just Chrome plus Microsoft.

  • Daevan@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Recently switched from brave to Firefox+ublock mobile and PC.

    Any list of suggested extensions?

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Libredirect if you are interested in private frontends to youtube, twitter and such

      Violentmonkey if you want to automate websites

      Singlefile

      Firefox multi-account containers (yes this is an addon), and temporary containers