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What is the best Firefox alternative?
LibreWolf
If you don't care about the extra security and privacy stuff that it adds and just want an unfucked firefox fork you can follow this reddit comment:
Why LibreWolf and not waterfox? I'm genuinely asking, at the moment I migrated from FF to WF, but wasn't quite sure. What I read was that LW was restricted to the point where some extensions or sites broke, but I'm not sure if that's right or not
LibreWolf is more heavy-fisted with its security and privacy setup. It does break some sites, though that reddit comment I pasted helps mitigate that problem a bit.
I don't use WaterFox but from what I understand it's a decent alternative that doesn't send it full-throttle on removing telemetry, tracking, ads, cookies, etc. which makes it less safe but way more usable.
Why not Earthfox or Windfox?
Earthfox is great but only regionally effective. There are no privacy issues in Ba Sing Se.
Windfox became unviable when the Firefox Nation attacked.
Exactly, when firefox attacks you have to start with the browser of Water, earthfox comes after.
Waterfox — fork
Airfox — add-on
Earthfox — theme
Which one is September, then?
Need a wake up call at the end?
Eternalfox
Or Heartfox?
I thought ~~most~~ all of this stuff could easily be re-enabled through the Settings screens themselves (including a LibreWolf-exclusive page that lets you unbreak the canvas sizing), including the first section of your recommendations!
This is good to know, though.
yeah, all of these are options in the settings screen.
I'm using Waterfox (based on Firefox but without the bloat), both desktop and mobile versions. Have nothing but good things to say about it.
A good middle ground between usability and privacy is also Zen Browser.
https://zen-browser.app/