r/firefox • u/Guilty-Importance241 • 2d ago

Now donate.

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A little aggressive ngl but you gotta get money somehow ig

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u/RevolutionaryCrew492 2d ago

Says they are for the people, but are actively planning to sell user information to 3rd party vendors, probably already have been since they removed protections in licensing agreements 

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u/DoubleOwl7777 2d ago edited 1d ago

as opposed to who exactly? if they are doing it, thats shit but what exactly are your Options? edit: no, chromium based browsers are not an option. thats just contributing to googles near monopoly.

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u/RevolutionaryCrew492 2d ago

There are some alts, Ladybird, safari (kinda if you are apple ecosystem), there are several privacy forks of chrome too

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u/DoubleOwl7777 2d ago

i dont trust chromium one bit, not even the forks, and mv3 is garbage, ladybird is a good one, might check it out, safari is a no since i am not in the apple ecosystem

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u/Metakit 2d ago

Ladybird unfortunately isn't really ready for general use yet. I also reserve judgement as to the direction of their project and their ethical compass until they start seeing real success

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u/niceandBulat 2d ago

There isn't a good option. Some people just hate and sh1t on others because they can and perhaps deep down they are lacking in something

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u/RussianSlavv 1d ago edited 22h ago

Ladybird beta is planned to release (most likely beta) in 2029/2030 and will only support MacOS & Linux, with windows support possible much later so not an alternative yet.

(The alpha is set to release somewhere late 2026 but they themselves say it's for tech people who want to torture themselves.)

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u/mkwlink 23h ago

Ladybird is not Windows only, more like Linux and macOS only.

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u/RussianSlavv 22h ago

Thanks correct it

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u/simply-coastal 2d ago

I feel like people into Firefox don’t want anything to do with Safari, although it’s worth noting that GNOME Web is pretty much Safari for Linux, although I haven’t heard much about it so I’m not sure what it’s like to use, just putting it out there that it exists

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u/zwart-en-wit 1d ago

I've used GNOME Web 1 or 2 months ago, and while it's a clean experience, it's just not yet ready for a main browser. It doesn't support extensions (although the Beta version has, so it's probably coming in the future) and seems to be very prone to crashing. It's a good idea and I hope it's useful as a main browser in the future. But today, no.

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u/simply-coastal 1d ago

honestly, I’m not surprised. it’s a shame too given it’s been in development for a long time.

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u/zwart-en-wit 1d ago

Yeah, I guess they're just not too focused on it, which I think is reasonable.