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I use geh Firefox forks mull and fennec, I occasionally use vanadium. I just like privacy but tor is overkill for me

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[–] Candid_Technology_66@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox. It's faster and more lightweight than chrome and has bigger fonts. I find chrome's label's eye-straining. Also it's not owned by Google or Microsoft. DuckDuckGo on mobile because I don't like the mobile version of Firefox, and I can delete all cookies using the fire button (On my laptop Cookie AutoDelete does that for me.)

[–] Owell1984@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I use firefox because I feel like it's one of the best browsers out there. Brave is close second. Brave although doesn't have enough freedom while switching from one brave browser to another. I mean, firefox allows you to sync your data online (I trust mozilla, so this ain't a problem), but Brave always has been bad in this regard.

Also, I like the fact that firefox is not chrome and idk, I just like the look and feel of firefox

[–] ccunix@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Firefox across mobile and desktop. Tried some more obscure browsers, but keep coming back to Firefox.

[–] asjkk8@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

librewolf on PC, Mull on my android.

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[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Firefox because its pre-installed on pretty much every Linux distro I'd want to try. I've used it for a long time, back in version 2.x. Then I tried out chrome for quite awhile but their pushback against adblockers made me migrate back to firefox. Haven't regretted it!

[–] harbo@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao I guess I’ll be the only person to say Safari. It’s fast, privacy focused, and secure. I don’t care about extensions and I like the UI.

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[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On desktop I use librewolf, and occasionally vivaldi when I need to access something that requires chromium.

On mobile I use the duckduckgo browser, which has a lot of the features built in that I would require an add-ons with firefox. I used to use fennec, but it had the problem of being bloated with all of the default options on desktop like the sign in, which I do not like, and at the same time being anemic with only like 5 add-ons.

Also, fennec really annoyed me by hijacking anything that required a browser, even if one was built into a program I was using, or was a secondary option. I had the most annoying time trying to sign into SoundCloud, until I finally deleted fennec and I was presented with a normal, native login screen.

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[–] blindgambit@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Historically Firefox but I've recently been trying out Brave and really like it. I especially like brave on mobile because it automatically strips all the ads out of YouTube.

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[–] EponymousBosh@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

LibreWolf (and Ungoogled Chromium) on Linux, Vanadium (and Mull) on phone. Parenthetical ones are what I use when my main browsers refuse to load something.

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[–] muerwre@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Went to Firefox from Chrome after Manifest v.3 ad-block support blocking announcement.

  • I like Firefox UI more than chrome's one
  • Containers API is the feature, that holds me on Firefox
  • Built-in Picture-In-Picture is awesome

As web developer I don't like how Firefox's devtools work, especially from performance side, but I can deal with it.

[–] anders@rytter.me 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@Bicyclejohn I use Firefox because of its features and better performance.

[–] Wistful@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Vivaldi, for it's customization and all the additional features, like RSS feed reader, Email client, Notes, Calendar, Reminders, Alarm, Translator...

I get that most people just want to be able to use the browser to surf the web, but I like everything that it offers, and I use majority of it's features.

[–] swiniowaty@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Firefox + Librefox on a PC, Brave on my phone. At worka Firefox as well.

[–] Graffiti6462@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I use Firefox on my private devices and Edge on my work devices

[–] ketcham1009@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Firefox most of the time, portable/standalone chromium for the rare occasion where Firefox doesn't work.

[–] any1th3r3@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

mull on mobile and firefox on desktop, ungoogled chromium if i really have to.

[–] smartwater0897@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox. And I even installed Thunderbird again after all these years, since they are going to have a UI refresh this summer. It's a very nice nostalgic feeling to once again use a local email client.

If the new theme is good, it's going to be a keeper. :)

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Firefox, I've used it for years and I never quite got used to any other browsers. Plus I hate google and even forks of chrome I distrust a little since IDK how much google can get into those. Firefox works on most websites I throw at it, and whenever I have troubles I put it on safari or vivaldi as a last minute thing.

Firefox imo, gets better every day, containers, the built in pdf editor, and privacy features make it incredible. Plus you can still customize it with userchrome. I made mine look like the old australius layout from the mid 2000s with the wavefox customization.

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox and Firefox.

I also use qutebrowser on one machine and I've been using Pulse which is a Firefox fork that is rather nice.

Honestly I'm just stick of all the Chromium browsers out there - stop giving Google such a massive lead in everything.

[–] fratermus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Vanilla firefox-esr from the Debian repo + TOR browser when required. I've flirted with others but keep coming back to FF.

[–] Wololo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Vivaldi, because it has amazing tab management.

[–] taur10@venera.social 5 points 1 year ago

@Bicyclejohn Firefox, whatever version is default on LM😁E, with containers, NoScript and Ublock for privacy purposes

[–] Sowatee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Ever since I got my first laptop when I was a young teenager it's been Firefox. With Google exploring deleting blockers like uBlock Origin I see no reason to switch.

[–] JoKi@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I also use Firefox on Windows, Linux and Android.

[–] oishiiburger@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Firefox, because a) open source, b) ad blocking, and c) fuck Google and other corporate overlords.

[–] citizensv@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox, Epiphany web browser and midori. When I'm using windows I use Firefox.

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[–] xangelo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox user here :/ The only extension that I really use is the tree based tabs, but I wouldn't mind dropping that.

Trying to push over to qutebrowser because it fits a lot better with my setup.

Didn't know mullvad had a browser though, will have to check that out for sure.

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[–] Quintus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I use Firefox wherever I can will continue to do so in the forseeable feature. Why? Because Firefox is currently the biggest actor in FOSS web browser space. It makes most sense to support them.

[–] laurens@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just recently switched to Arc, and it is soo good. Really changing my workflow for the better. So nice to experience a product where people have opiniated ideas about how something can be done differently. It might not be for everyone, but damn its something for me.

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[–] GenericPerson@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox is such a great browser. I like that it allows all of the extensions and adblockers.

[–] twolf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

PC: qutebrowser (nice, quick, ad-block and good native keybinds)

iOS: Ecosia (fork of Firefox app that I think is better for my use considering I use Ecosia as my search engine)

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[–] OofShoot@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went and checked and have discovered I'm the resident browser hipster.

Ecosia.

It's a reskinned version of chrome or chromium or something where your default search engine is Ecosia. The Ecosia search engine is just Bing reskinned and the ad revenue you generate goes towards planting trees!

I've been using it for quite a while, I'm probably responsible for a couple hundred new trees at this point, if not more. They keep a running tally for you but I've used the search engine on multiple devices and haven't bothered to see if you can synch the tally across all of them.

The entire project is up to 175,500,000 trees so far.

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[–] otis@gnu.gl 4 points 1 year ago

@Bicyclejohn firefox or opera one

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mostly Safari since I am part of the golden cage anyway. If something does not work there, I fall back to Firefox.

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