That being said ive had a few search failures with waterfox private search, where mysteriously the startpage.com results were just ... better still? Which is bizarre to me, because startpage use's bing's underlying search data; and it's hard for me to believe microsoft has gotten better in that arena than google. However, it's hard to argue with the raw results of my personal experience.

Startpage also seems to have gotten the message of their polling from the other year; and seems to have decided not to roll out LLMs with their search product.

So I think ill be switching back to them, and meditating on donating to waterfox more directly.

#searchEngines #waterfox #google #startpage

I've been experimenting for a few months with using waterfox private search. Which uses google's search data as it's back end, but otherwise keeps your searches private and segregated from google. Partly because I also like their model where you hand someone cash and they just offer you their service add free.

It's confirmed a couple of things I've suspected for a while:

Namely, google's underlying search data is still pretty damn decent. The biggest problem with google is all the enshitification between you and the raw search data. Whichever form they take. LLMs, profit motives of a megacorp, ads, etc. #searchEngines #waterfox #google

Interesting read on the #development and #history of #Waterfox since it's creation 15 years ago.
Also planned additions in 2026 and the continued no AI policy.

15 Years of Forking - Waterfox Blog
https://www.waterfox.com/blog/15-years-of-forking/

#browsers
#noAI

In my search for a setup to introduce an 11 year old to the internet, I came across Firefox policies. It allows me to block settings so the kid can't easily override the default DNS.

I tried @Waterfox and theoretically I should be able to do something similar, but couldn't get it to work. If someone can help me, would be nice (prefer water over fire tbh).

It's on Linux Mint and I used flatpak for waterfox install.

#fediask #linux #browser #waterfox

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/05/18/enterprise-policies-for-firefox-customization-a-beginners-guide.html

#Waterfox ahora incorpora el bloqueador de anuncios de #bravebrowser! Ya lo ando probando. Por ahora hay que activarlo a mano, pero cuando esté al tiro va a venir por defecto.

Y bueno, no viene con cryptobasura...

https://github.com/BrowserWorks/waterfox/issues/4182

Si un logiciel libre s'approche ne serait ce qu'un peu de fascistes

BOYCOTT ET DENIGREMENT TOTAL 🤷‍♀️

Y'a pas que moi, je suis pas seule haha

#waterfox ici, subit la pression de gens qui supportent pas que du code meme ooensoruce de Brave, s'imiscie dans Waterfox😁

https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/1sbx0nl/waterfox_to_integrate_brave_adblock_engine_with/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-10-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-04-10-26/