Can second LibreWolf, though you have to be aware that it tweaks quite a few things in the name of privacy that you may want to turn back on.
For example, I was unable to use my FoundryVTT webapp until I re-enabled WebGL in the settings. Which reminds me, I need to see if that feature can be whitelisted per-domain or if it’s all-or-nothing…
fennec is the best ff fork on android imho and pretty much exactly like librewolf with it’s defaults, it’s on fdroid. i also see ironfox recommended but i haven’t tried it personally. it’s prolly good, too.
What is with the antifeatures listed for it on f-droid? “This app tracks and reports your activity” “connects to various Mozilla services that can track users”.
didn’t realize that. it apparently leaves some mozilla telemetry enabled that you can disable by going to about:config and searching ‘telemetry’ to quickly find all options and set to false. this makes me want to check out ironfox now.
For example they skip everything between 145.0.0 - 146.0.0.
I once asked the fdroid team about it and they were like if I was affected by those crashes. It’s like if it doesn’t crash don’t touch
Weird. I guess solely from a stability standpoint it makes some sense. Or from a limited Dev team. But not much else makes much sense for skipping all that.
Yeah, the more ai by default DDG puts in, the more I look elsewhere. AI assists wouldn’t bother me nearly as much if it was all opt-out by default and a toggle to opt in.
I like Librewolf on my PC. It shuts down a bunch of stuff right off he bat.
I’m looking for some recommendations for android devices.
Go with ironfox on android. Can’t recommend fennec they skip updates
Can second LibreWolf, though you have to be aware that it tweaks quite a few things in the name of privacy that you may want to turn back on.
For example, I was unable to use my FoundryVTT webapp until I re-enabled WebGL in the settings. Which reminds me, I need to see if that feature can be whitelisted per-domain or if it’s all-or-nothing…
So, for those, I keep another, less private browser around. Like chromium or Water Fox.
Man, missed opportunity there on WaterFox. Could’ve been WaterBear lol
edit: tardigrade joke, though I imagine most will catch that.
Ha yeah. it plays hell with AboveVTT too. Tookvme a while to work out it was that.
i use ironfox, it works for me, haven’t tried anything else.
At this point I use tor for most things, with ironfox as a quick fallback.
Libreworlf(PC) /waterfox & fennec (phone) right now. Have my eye on ladybird for the future
Be careful fennec skips updates
right now i think the best android browser is ironfox
fennec is the best ff fork on android imho and pretty much exactly like librewolf with it’s defaults, it’s on fdroid. i also see ironfox recommended but i haven’t tried it personally. it’s prolly good, too.
What is with the antifeatures listed for it on f-droid? “This app tracks and reports your activity” “connects to various Mozilla services that can track users”.
didn’t realize that. it apparently leaves some mozilla telemetry enabled that you can disable by going to about:config and searching ‘telemetry’ to quickly find all options and set to false. this makes me want to check out ironfox now.
Over biggest problem with fennec is that they skip regular Firefox updates
Are they skipping minor bug/tweak/feature stuff or security patching?
For example they skip everything between 145.0.0 - 146.0.0. I once asked the fdroid team about it and they were like if I was affected by those crashes. It’s like if it doesn’t crash don’t touch
Weird. I guess solely from a stability standpoint it makes some sense. Or from a limited Dev team. But not much else makes much sense for skipping all that.
Ironfox is excellent
Duckduckgo for Android works for me.
Booo, now they got an AI image generator.
Yeah, the more ai by default DDG puts in, the more I look elsewhere. AI assists wouldn’t bother me nearly as much if it was all opt-out by default and a toggle to opt in.