where ‘absolutely not’ means ‘maybe later’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40irxnC_qM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251223-firefox-browser-falls-to-ai-what-do-we-do-now - podcast
time: 9 min 39 sec
if you’re here to recommend ladybird, tell us why you’re doing advocacy for that trash fire in spite of the well-sourced, ah, downsides pointed out in article and video linked from the OP.
same for brave. I don’t give a fuck if privacyguides told you it was the goodest browser.
if you’re here to advocate for ladybird or brave and haven’t read the article in the OP, fuck off. don’t come here pretending to discuss something you haven’t read.
On the subject of Brave:
https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1j1pq7b/list_of_brave_browser_controversies/ it really has a little bit to many controversies. (And the list is downplaying some of it, the wikipedia clone added wasn’t just some random one, it is was the one created by the alt right, neo-nazi Vox Day. Addition of which by the CEO should be enough to not want to use the browser at all).
And if you’re here to report the mods for rudeness, lolz
ahahaha delicious
The era of useful Silicon Valley Non-Profits seems to be fizzling out. I wonder how long Signal is going to hold out…
(Those are my 2 reference points, if I’m ignorant of some cool org let me know.)
you_were_the_chosen_one.gifI jumped ship to Librewolf a year and a half ago (after seeing Mozilla steal people’s data and sell it to advertisers), and I’m pretty fucking thankful for that. For anyone looking to leave Mozilla to rot, I highly recommend it.
how are the defaults for librewolf? I’m considering switching but I’m hearing mixed things about the defaults occasionally breaking sites. waterfox seems pretty good too, but I don’t see it packaged as frequently as librewolf.
Defaults are pretty good - didn’t need to do much to feel comfortable.
My only difficulty with LibreWolf on Ubuntu was getting it to be the default browser (it didn’t show up in the list of options). Turns out
xdg-settings set default-web-browser librewolf.desktopon the command line did the trick.Not the person you replied to, but I also switched to Librewolf a couple of months ago, also greatly enjoy it. Here’s a link to my nix config where Librewolf gets made to behave a little closer to default Firefox in terms of usability. Honestly not too bad!
The defaults are pretty strict, but most of the page-breaking stuff can be changed in the LibreWolf settings and each one has a description which usually contains a link to a wiki article detailing why you’d want to change it or think twice before changing it.
Move. I’m trying waterfox atm
I’ll just keep not using it.
I’d choose to never use Internet again than use a chromium browser
from your profile and post history you appear to be, and I can’t believe I’m typing these words, a pro-Brave anti-Mozilla gimmick account. go the fuck outside.
Presumably, if Firefox version N breaks ad-blocking, someone can make a hard fork of version N-1. Security patches, upgrades to OS support and things like new CSS/HTML features can be cherry-picked or reimplemented to it, though Firefox updates in general will not be admitted, as it’s a hard fork (in the way that LibreOffice or MariaDB is). At worst, Firefox will actively make it hard to do this, closing their source or changing their licence to one which prohibits it, requiring any updates to be reimplemented clean-room style, which will slow things down, though if the alternative is actively enshittified, it’s the least-bad option.
I used Firefox for largely political reasons (summarized as “Google needs a competitor”), but it was becoming harder and harder to justify. Eventually, I just switched to a Chromium-based browser. I will say that, as an almost-good-enough solution until I wake up from this nightmare to a functioning Servo (🙏🙏🙏) , DNS level ad blocking (using Mullvad’s DNS servers) + uBlock Origin Lite (filtering mode set to “complete”) has been sufficient for me. It even blocks Spotify ads. I think it blocks YouTube ads as well, although I barely watch YouTube on my browser.
Ungoogled Chromium supports MV2 extensions and seems like a good choice if Firefox becomes unusable or you get fed up. I use Trivalent, a security hardened Chromium-based browser, but it may be tough to install if you aren’t on Secureblue. Also it only supports MV3 extensions.
this shit is so fucking frustrating, just leave our browsers alone. we want security updates, not an unethically sourced bullshit-and-vulnerability-generator stapled onto the biggest attack surface on our fucking machine
Unfortunately I don’t think Servo is going to be a full browser anytime soon. They are working on a browser engine that others can embed into their applications. Presumably somebody could use that engine to build a browser, but I’m not aware of any projects working towards that right now. Personally I’m using FF with most of this crap disabled, holding out for Ladybird.
why are you holding out for a browser that the OP correctly calls out as being developed by a believer in white replacement conspiracy theories who also vibe codes his browser?
actually don’t answer that, don’t fucking post here unless you’ve read the article
maybe my favorite pivot to ai article yet, definitely top three at least. wonderful work
small typo.
So guess what Mozilla did? When you update Firefox, tt re-enables the AI! And if you disable the AI again, it re-enables it again next update! Choose correctly, user!
“tt” should “it”
Go to some fork of either firefox or chromium. Then jump ship to ladybird when its ready
tell us more about how you didn’t read the article or watch the video
specifically tell us how you missed ladybird’s developer being a fascist who’s already vibe coding the worthless fucking thing
actually no, maybe just don’t fucking post here
Why would anyone name a browser after Ronald Reagan’s wife anyway
LBJ’s wife, not Reagan’s.
BRB starting my new browser named ThroatGoat
uh have you tried xydfgq-blurble browser it’s my home brew fork of chromium and firefox i call it “chromefox” which is also my fursona
thinking of changing the name to something lighthearted, marketable and non-objectionable like “GNU-Scrotum”
i am the only maintainer and i keep up with 110% of security issues
we are not in the android store as the oppressive statists at google said that if i ever switched on this uh “piece of shit” in a built up area theyd cut my nuts off, but
ignore the FUD about chromefox spilling your bank account and leaking your tastes in hentai and fucking your cat it’s all LIES FILTHY LIES by THAT BITCH ANDREW he is SUCH an asshole
anyway free software stallman was right peace out
what have the furries done to you
Chromefox: the Sonichu of FOSS
Turn it off?
It’s cumbersome to do so and it turns itself back on with every update.
I’ll fucking turn you off
This feels a little sensational. While I’m disappointed the new CEO wants to waste time on it, as long as we can turn it odd its not terrible. And its still the only real competition to Chrome. All the forks still rely on Mozilla’s work, though I would love to see that situation improve.
after a decade+ of Mozilla dropping the ball on purpose and violating user consent, thank fuck we’ve got you! somebody needed to pointlessly restate the latter half of the video while carrying water for the millionaire CEO of a nonprofit grift and I certainly as fuck would rather fucking die
