• stevedidwhat_infosec
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    Firefox is calling all of you.

    We just added a “copy link without trackers” context menu option too ;)

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      Well at this period of time one of the interns will have removed Firefox’s user agent from the whitelist most Google services by mistake again.

      If so, I just hope antitrust lawsuits will be fast enough so that it doesn’t build up a bad reputation for Firefox …

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      Cool, you gonna help me swap over the more than 100 online accounts from various website that I set up with using my Google email account to a different email account? Because if I am switching to firefox I will also be getting rid of my google email account.

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        I’m confused are you mad at Firefox because you put all your eggs into one basket?

        Single point of failure too… if someone for whatever magic reason got access to your account you’d be capital Fucked

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    Congratulations, you are being tailored a “personal experience”! Please do not resist.

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    Not surprising since Google is an ad company. I

    Meanwhile I have been using Firefox on my various computers for a few years now.

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      I know you are being sarcastic, but it’s not sarcasm at all, and therefore no laughing matter, when more and more websites drop support for none-chromium browsers, or actively block them. Netizens tend to have some missguided belief that every problem can be solved with software alone. This is a trap.

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      This impacts all Chromium based browsers. Unless support is maintained separately by browser vendor, only other option is Firefox or any of its forks.

      This is kind of a time for Mozilla to shine, but I worry they will mess up and maybe even follow later.

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    Firefox’s decision to move to WebExtensions is starting to look even more questionable, IMO.

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        It was originally questionable because it completely hobbled extensions, and now Chrome is seeking to hobble the standard even more

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      Yeah and it’ll be very interesting as to what the Firefox fanboys will think then when that continues gaining traction.

      I’ll go back to what I said - all browsers are generally shit in one way or another. And they influence one and another. Very few browsers keep up the fight but browser hopping will be entirely meaningless when these people are out to redesign the web in their visage.

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        You can consider me a Firefox fanboy if you like - I certainly prefer it to the alternatives. Firefox made a bad decision to follow Chrome, and then Chrome made it event worse, so I don’t think the fanboys will be moved from their support when the alternatives are worse.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    A year later, Google is restarting the phase-out schedule, and while it has changed some things, Chrome will eventually be home to inferior filtering extensions.

    Google’s blog post says the plan to kill Manifest V2, the current format for Chrome extensions, is back on starting June 2024.

    The company says: "We expect it will take at least a month to observe and stabilize the changes in pre-stable before expanding the rollout to stable channel Chrome, where it will also gradually roll out over time.

    On the high end now for me, Slack is drinking 500MB, while a single Google Chat tab, created by this company that is so concerned about performance, is at 1.5GB of memory usage.

    Google is adding a completely arbitrary limit on how many “rules” content filtering add-ons can include, which are needed to keep up with the nearly infinite ad-serving sites that are out there (by the way, Ars Technica subscriptions give you an ad-free reading experience and make a great holiday gift!).

    Mozilla’s blog post on the subject promises “Firefox’s implementation of Manifest V3 ensures users can access the most effective privacy tools available like uBlock Origin and other content-blocking and privacy-preserving extensions.”


    The original article contains 714 words, the summary contains 197 words. Saved 72%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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    On mobile I’m using DDG as primary browser. Firefox as secondary.

    On my personal machine it’s Firefox and Chromium.

    For my job I use Thorium as main (switched coming from Brave), Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

    Could do without Chrome any day.

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      On mobile I’m using DDG as primary browser.

      Don’t get me wrong, DDG’s app is a massive step up in privacy, but it’s hardly a browser, it’s simply a WebView frontend. You’re pretty much still using Chrome.

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    I’m only using Chrome for work because the profile switching & syncing is so much smoother and our company is split into two primary brands - my brain handles it better with an individual browser profile for each.

    We’re consolidating everything into one next year, meaning I can ditch the second browser!

    I’ve tried setting up a second profile but it was just too much effort to get it working and bring everything across from both, then do the same on my laptop for travel, so I’ll just wait for now.

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    I know Firefox is the popular option here, but do we have any serious non-google managed Chromium based browser options out there that don’t have some weird gimmick?

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        +1 for Vivaldi. If you remember old, Presto-era Opera you’ll feel right at home with it. I know there are some people who moved from Firefox to it, too.

        Only thing is, their integrated adblocker doesn’t support cosmetic filtering right now, but it’s in the works.

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          Another for Vivaldi. Technically it has a “gimmick” but that gimmick is having a very customizable UI. If you don’t want that, just don’t use it.

          You will need to install ublock though, since its onboard adblock isn’t great.

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            the thing that I like from Vivaldi is the design is quite classic and consistent between Windows/SteamOS/Ubuntu.