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Are there ZERO good browsers? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by imjustmsk@lemmy.ml to c/browsers@lemmy.ml
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Is there truly no good browser to use? I mean, everyone obviously hate chrome for obvious reasons, firefox is getting a lotta hate for somany stuff- whenever someone mention brave , people hate it too, and ladybird too(ladybird is not really usable yet, I guess- but It also happens to be in a lotta controversy, i wanted to know if any of ya'll even consider using it, when it's stable or why won't you use it), I just wanted to know, why all of these browsers are considered "bad", or if it is even bad, I don't know- and what are the good options.

(I don't know much about these anyway, I mostly use browsers based on firefox personally, I just want ublock origin that's all lol )

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

yes, there is no really good browser any more.

google and some others have made web standards so complex that a team of a few people can't build a new browser (that works on most sites) from scratch any more.

additionally, malicious actors have forced ppl to use challenges to protect their sites from spam. easy captcha don't work well any more. those challenges check things like SSL handshakes and JS capability etc. to determine the browser. that makes new browsers get blocked at first, until the challange devs allow it.

IMO a complete overhaul of the internet is in order, with new standards made from scratch, with the aim to stay minimal and easy to implement.

there are already "smallweb" enthusiasts trying to make simpler sites etc., but it's getting harder every day. at some point, they will probably have to separate from the regular internet.