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Take a look at these alternative browsers to Google Chrome & let us know which is your favorite! 🌐 🔐 (europe.pub)

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Take a look at these alternative browsers to Google Chrome & let us know which is your favorite! 🌐 🔐

If you're looking for a new browser find out more 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

@firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @palemoon @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Waterfox @Freenet @librewolf

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[–] Thyazide@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (3 children)

These are all just chrome and firefox with extra steps.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 month ago

True

[+] marc_eu@veganism.social 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

They're not "run on Chromium" like apps run on Windows. They use Chromium as their integral part. Better analogy would be taking Windows, uninstalling some but not all pre-installed apps, adding a bunch of bells and whistles to it, and saying that you've made an OS that is an alternative to Windows.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Calling Chromium-based browsers "Chrome with extra steps" might not be exactly accurate, but it conveys the truth of the matter pretty accurately

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Good analogy, what happens if Microsoft decided tomorrow that windows was no longer a profitable venture and stopped maintaining it?

Relying on Chrome and Firefox for alternatives to Chrome and Firefox is still an issue. Especially with Mozilla, if they folded the community would not have the resources to maintain Firefox.

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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I like Librewolf

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[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Librewolf is the only answer

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Yey I win

[–] bilouba@jlai.lu 8 points 1 month ago

Firefox, always happy with it as a user

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

how many of these alternatives are firefox forks and how many of them are chrome forks?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do we still consider Pale Moon a Firefox fork?

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[–] gverdun@mamot.fr 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@Tutanota @firefox @duckduckgo @puffin @Waterfox @ecosia @palemoon @zenbrowser @mullvadnet @torproject @Freenet @librewolf **Waterfox**, of course : No Mozilla A.I. bullshit but still account Sync through all my browsers. 😙

[–] standardUser@anarchist.nexus 5 points 1 month ago

I like zen flavored Firefox and librewolf

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aren't most of those just chrome in a hooded jacket?

[–] LorIps@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most of them actually are Firefox in a hooded jacket.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I absolutely adore LibreWolf!

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I love PaleMoon, but can't really daily drive it. Mostly just use Waterfox and Firefox. Waterfox is fantastic and fixes pretty much every issue I've ever had with Firefox.

Do search engine browsers like DuckDuckGo or Ecosia have anything to offer? From my experience they're just Firefox but worse. Has anything changed recently?