In this thread lots of uninformed people misunderstanding how the open source Chromium project works (or the difference between Chrome and Chromium). Vivaldi is a Chromium-based browser who frequently disable the parts of Chromium they don't agree with.

This argument not to use anything Chromium is the same as if someone was fanatically opposed to using Linux Mint or Elementary OS because they're based on Ubuntu, and Canonical bad.

I love Firefox as much as the next person, and probably do a 75% Vivaldi 25% Firefox split, but let's not act like Google isn't bankrolling Mozilla, because they account for 85+% of Mozilla's revenue, and if Google does implement this Web DRM and if it is widely adopted, Mozilla either submits and enables it to make sure daddy Google stays happy, or they die.

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago

Typically this thinking is mostly correct - e.g. Manifest v3 - but not in this case. If websites see enough users using chormium, via user agent or other fingerprinting, they'll be more willing to require WEI. And unlike Manifest v3 etc. this affects the whole web, not just users of one browser or the other.

In every case monopolies are bad. Including in tech.

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[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Just use Librewolf.

>sensible defaults

>no telemetry

>no ads

>no suggested sites

>no crypto bullshit

>it just works

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And Fennec or Mull on Android.

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[–] eldain@feddit.nl 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And thus the brave lammings set out to inform other lemmings, who are as tech savvy and know this is happening, that this is happening by posting memes. Hopefully the people, who would already be using firefox if they cared, switch to firefox so we can breach the 3% market share and that'll show Google, maker of Chrome and Firefox' main sponsor, people care enough to stop this madness! - I'm not against activism, but activism in an echochamber can turn into a circlejerk. Everyone stop stroking please... I'm here for the memes.

[–] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not against activism

You just spent like 5 minutes reducing activism to "cIrClEjErK". Can we leave that stupid ass phrase on reddit for Christ's sake?

[–] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 1 year ago

everywhere is a circle jerk or an echo chamber except the places that I post

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But BrAaAVvvEe?!

[–] jannis@feddit.de 104 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Did you mean annoying crypto browser?

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Firefox mobile app sucks on my phone. Not sure about the rest of you. Doesn't seem like there is a great alternative though.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 34 points 1 year ago

Works just fine for me. Though it's been a while since I used anything else, I don't really have a frame of reference. That being said, I can install ublock origin and dark reader in firefox so I won't ever use anything else on my phone.

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The past week every post has just been browser icons.

FFS, go browse the bottom of the Potomac.

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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Are you guys still using Chrome?

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[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

god damn it, i laughed WAY too hard at this. thanks for that, my shame knows no bounds.

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