subroutineDec 29, 2023
nixCraft 🐧
In 2024, please switch to Firefox https://roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-2024-please-switch-to-firefox/ #privacy #security #opensource #unix #linux #macos
In 2024, please switch to Firefox

This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switchin

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Dec 29, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadHouse Panther Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft This is wise advice. While nothing on the internet is truly and completely private, we still need to take as many measures as possible to preserve what little privacy that we have.
Show threadhexaheximalDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I already daily-drive Firefox. :)
Show threadrollerqueen 🛼 HAS MOVEDDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft Go one deeper and use librewolf!
Show threaddiskyDec 30, 2023
@rollerqueen @nixCraft This. Librewolf is Firefox but better.
Show threadHans van SchootDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft librewolf on desktop, mull on android 
Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft Been using both Firefox and Thunderbird for years.
Show threadÓlafur Jens SigurðssonDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I personally use Firefox on pc's and duckduckgo's browser on my phone. But reading the article linked, makes me wonder. https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html
Firefox and Chromium | Madaidan's Insecurities

Show threadTertle950Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft Floorp is close enough, right? Love the built-in vertical tabs.
Show threadcinnamon muffin mintDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I've been using it for 17 years so I can say i'm very comfy with it
Show threadPatrick LewisDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I recently switched back to Firefox on macOS and Windows for the first time in years and have been pleasantly surprised at how good it is on both platforms.
Show threadSam BryanDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft Firefox container tabs are pretty much the best thing ever
Show threadth3blu3kn19ht 🛡️Dec 30, 2023
@samb @nixCraft Indeed!
Account separation without hopping to another browser
Show threadChristopher WalkerDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I did! And I installed uBlock Origin. I like it so far.
Show threadsubroutineDec 29, 2023

@nixCraft I've been happily using Firefox both on my PC and phone for years now.

I can't live without Ublock Origin and some of the container extensions FF has.

Show threadEvan Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I tried using it for a while, but unfortunately its UX to drag off tabs into windows is still lacking compared to edge / chrome / safari. this something i do constantly and made me move back immediately
Show threadBrahnDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft while you're at it pressure Mozilla to cut CEO pay, and invest in Firefox, rather than AI
Show threadNaxoDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft I love Firefox on desktop, and I would love it on Android too if my tabs didn't reload every time I switch between apps.😭
Show threadPeachMcDDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft
done
Thanks & solidarity from Tacoma
   
Show threadwroofDec 29, 2023

@nixCraft

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Show threadFubaroqueDec 29, 2023

@nixCraft Nope, not happening. They had me, they lost me; I tried one more time (when my CPU was limited to 10% of it’s speed) and found them as bad as Chrome at handling that. So sorry… 🥴

Maybe you should have listened when I explained, with lots and lots of feedback, why you were going to lose me, Firefox. 🤭

#spiltmilk

Show threadTHTDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft already rockin FF
Show threadHugh FergusonDec 29, 2023
@nixCraft FF user since early 2000s. Use Chrome only for troubleshooting and Skyvector when in my flight sim. Since going Linux completely a year ago, FF is the default choice in Ubuntu and Pop!OS. Chromium is the default on other Linux flavours (i.e. Raspbian Linux for the RPi)
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft or even better, use @torproject #TorBrowser!
Show threadSpaceLifeFormDec 29, 2023

@nixCraft

Do it. Yesterday.

Show threadSolinvictus Dec 29, 2023
@nixCraft how about @Vivaldi , heard they’re also on a good track
Show threadcameronbosch Dec 29, 2023
@dminca @nixCraft @Vivaldi Yeah. I agree with this. The only thing I don't like about Vivaldi is that it's not FOSS. But given that Firefox is run by terrible business practices and missing features, I cannot go back to Firefox.
Show threadSolinvictus Dec 29, 2023
@cameronbosch @nixCraft @Vivaldi
Show threadMahid (Moved to infosec.space)Dec 30, 2023

@nixCraft Hot take from me, but I feel that we should look towards more private browsers in general, Chromium-based or Firefox-based, rather then encourage giving FireFox a monopoly over private browsers (we wouldn't tolerate a Chromium monopoly, why tolerate a FireFox monopoly)

https://mastodon.art/@standingpad/111453212444156760

Mahid Sheikh (@[email protected])

@[email protected] This might be a hot take, but I don't think Chromium itself is the problem, but rather: - Chromium being dominant in the mainstream - FireFox being dominant across privacy based browsers I know Ungoogled Chromium exists, but that's what, 1 project? It seems strange that we flame Chromium for its monopoly over the browser market, but we don't flame FireFox for its monopoly over the "private browser" market 1/2

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Show threadsmxiDec 30, 2023
@nixCraft #Firefox, and #Chromium (non google spyware Chrome version), #Vivaldi, #Falkon. Sometimes #Konqueror, which is where KHTML > AppleWebKIt > Blink came from... go #GPL!!
Show threadRenartDec 30, 2023
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Show threadMichel CampilloDec 30, 2023
@nixCraft #Firefox, the slow descent into hell.
consulting.net.eu.org/firefox.…
Firefox, la lente descente aux enfers

C'est la descente aux enfers pour notre cher Firefox, le navigateur libre et ouvert de la Fondation Mozilla ! Les données de novembre 2023 viennent de tomber, et c'est carrément la cata. On parle de seulement 3,23 % de part de marché.

Chef de projet IT, ma page web
Show threadYuukaDec 30, 2023
@nixCraft or at least Floorp it is Firefox based, but it has way more customization or privacy focus whichever you prefer the normal Firefox and all it’s variance. Once sidebars want vertical tabs want no tabs or anything else on screen you can have it round browsing window. It’s yours. Tabs next to the address bar can be done. https://floorp.app/en/
Floorp

Floorp is built on Firefox and was built in Japan and is a new browser with excellent privacy & flexibility.