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8 Must-Try Alternatives to Firefox (peertube.wtf)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

How is brave ever a better alternative to Firefox. What a load of horse shit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Seriously exhausted of people recommending it. The company itself is extremely concerning and was founded by a right-wing bigot involved in crypto scams. There are far better Chromium-based browsers for those who want that. Brave should be left to rot.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair to the video, it presented alternative browsers for those who either aren't happy about recent Firefox changes, or users who want a secondary browser. I'm not a fan of Brave personally, but the video never really makes the claim that Brave is objectively better than Firefox

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

"better" is kind of implied when you suggest "alternatives".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

“better” is kind of implied when you suggest “alternatives”.

Only with context, which is kind of what I was trying to say. The context was Firefox users who are not happy with its current direction, or people looking for a secondary browser. That kind of makes the only necessary criteria "Not Firefox". Everything else is the creator's opinions of which ones you "must try".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

exactly, context is important when comparing firefox to brave. firefox is being held to a high ethical standard here where brave is not.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it really? I'd say an alternative is generally just "another option that has (more or less) the same features". Better isn't really implied, as that's someone's subjective opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

why would you bother looking for an alternative with more or less the same features?

because the implication is the app you are using now is unacceptable in some way, and the alternatives are not, hence “better”.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

vivaldi my beloved 😌

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This became my work browser a few months back and I love how it just does its job and doesn’t get in my way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Same! It's my go-to Chromium-based browser. It's the same folks who created the OG Opera browser (not the current Chromium based one)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

presto based opera, my beloved

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How is Vivaldi with security? I had used it for a few months a few years ago before I started caring for my own privacy but never looked in to it. I know it’s by former opera devs but that’s the extent. Is it FOSS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm no security expert but I've heard that although it's not the absolute safest, it's still pretty good. There's some options you can check when first running it. A starting point may be their official privacy page

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just rediscovered Vivaldi recently and I’m really liking it. I can see why people could call it ‘bloated’ but if you take advantage of all of the customizations and features offered then it can really work for you. Just works with my workflow beautifully.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I switched over to CachyOS a month back and noticed the distro's included browser is actually a fork of LibreWolf, which I was already dabbling with: https://github.com/CachyOS/CachyOS-Browser-Settings

LW takes a lot of getting used to, but is arguably the best option imo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

@jason123santa - we were just talking about this