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minus-squareSirHery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoA different fork from firefox like librewolf
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoLibrewolf is just some patches added on top of Firefox.
minus-squareTheChickenOfDoom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 hours agoWhich happen to remove all telemetry, ads, reporting, etc. You know, the reason we don’t want to use vanilla Firefox. Use Librewolf. Please don’t use any damned Chromium-based trash.
minus-squareDaegalus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 hours agoI’ll stop using Chromium-based trash once Firefox devs stop acting all holier than thou and implement WebUSB and WebSerial instead of some vague notion they are protecting me from myself by not implementing it.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 hours agoWebUSB isn’t a web standard and there isn’t a spec for it. If it becomes a standard then they might. However, it is terrible for privacy and security.
A different fork from firefox like librewolf
Librewolf is just some patches added on top of Firefox.
Which happen to remove all telemetry, ads, reporting, etc. You know, the reason we don’t want to use vanilla Firefox.
Use Librewolf. Please don’t use any damned Chromium-based trash.
I’ll stop using Chromium-based trash once Firefox devs stop acting all holier than thou and implement WebUSB and WebSerial instead of some vague notion they are protecting me from myself by not implementing it.
WebUSB isn’t a web standard and there isn’t a spec for it. If it becomes a standard then they might. However, it is terrible for privacy and security.