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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox, while I dislike their new FAQ and TOS I build it from source and the TOS does not apply.

I wish they would make Firefox Sync a self hostable product that they also host for you for like 5 bucks a month. I would pay for it (or any other way to directly give money to FX instead of Mozilla) like I do for Bitwarden.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Aren’t their services you can use to sync bookmarks and such like Floccus?

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yes, but I actually would pay them for their services if they guarantee me that they will use that money to improve Firefox and Firefox services. I want to be a premium user of Firefox, but instead of trying to monetize their core userbase they annihilate them.

I actually like their advertising business idea and their other services and I understand that they need money but is whay they are doing right now really the best way?