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Found some Firefox forks but can't decide which one to use (szmer.info)

submitted 2 days ago by Igilq@szmer.info to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, I found some Firefox forks. Those would be: floorp, zen browser, tor browser and librewolf. Could anyone help me decide which one to use?

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm using Waterfox. Been great so far.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just started using it myself. I can't see a difference between it and Firefox, which is a good thing because it means sites aren't breaking. But it also makes me wonder just how much more private it is.

I've been trained by experience that privacy is strongly correlated to web sites not working properly.

[–] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

+1 for Waterfox, for some reason it works 100% of the time on my usual websites, whereas Librefox has quirks or just fail (because DRM for what I understand)

Plus it seems Waterfox is a bit more professionaly build and maintained, the team do tell you how they make money from side projects like searches, that is not in the browser core, good enough for me.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As far as I know, the only thing Waterfox does (differently from Firefox) is not collecting telemetry and having uBlock Origin installed by default. I haven't noticed sites breaking either (at least, any more than they did on FF).

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

It didn't have uBlock origin installed by default on Android. But, regardless, it seems fine so far!