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I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here's my decision process,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
    • I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it's not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
  3. Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
    • Ublock Origin
    • ClearURLs
    • Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I'm worried about site breakages.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Librewolf for anything that does work, Brave for anything that works only on Chromium based, and Mullvad for all the crazy.

On Android it's Mull and Mulch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Instead of Mulch I would recommend Cromite. It is fully open source (free of proprietary dependencies unlike Brave and Mulch), has anti-fingerprinting (unlike Mulch), and has built-in ad-blocking. Browser comparison table made by the Developer of Mulch: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use Vanadium for that level.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Vanadium does not provide adblocking/content-block, comes with proprietary dependencies, and provides no fingerprinting protection.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They use Adblock Plus though. Would not recommend.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can install uBlock origin lite and the adblock plus engine is segregated by cromite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was not able to install any extensions on Cromite, how did you manage it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Sry, I should have mentioned I meant Cromite on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I second librewolf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Does either Librewolf or Mullvad have a mobile version with sync?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In all honesty, I am not sure if you can sync, but I think I've seen librewolf and Mull being able to sign in to a Firefox account. I don't sync anything unless I self-host, so I have my linkwarden for all my bookmarks needs.

I've heard of a self-hosted alternative to Firefox accounts, but I would need to research that a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It can sync, most if not all Firefox based browsers can sync

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Most Firefox forks can use Firefox sync but that also has privacy implications

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Use Mull (made by the DivestOS developer) on mobile. It is available through the dev's f-droid repo. It is hardened Firefox mobile similar to Librewolf and supports sync because it is a Firefox mobile fork. It is also fully open source and doesnt come with proprietary dependencies (unlike standard Firefox mobile)