Librewolf has been my pick for a couple years now. Some sites break because they can't read the canvas, but the fix is easy - allow the site to access it. I messed up a work contract signature because of this once, and my scribbles looked like random digital noise. It was fun explaining that to finance and having them reissue the contract.
Waterfox took all of like 5 minutes to get up and running and imported all my stuff from Firefox too. Going on maybe two months using it and yet to have any issues. I think you’ll be fine with either choice!
Mozilla really has no clue about their users at all. So if this AI shit isn't incredibly lucrative on its own (like the Google deal) or brings in loads of new users (doubtful), then that's it.
Which will be a huge problem - cause it will likely pull all the forks under with it. Once Firefox falls, the days of Librewolf, Waterfox etc. will likely be numbered.
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 163d
Nobody couldve seen this coming.....
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 162d
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 1 pts · 161d
Still? I thought Google mended that deal
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 161d
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 162d
From my understanding if you've toggled the global "AI kill switch" in the options, this will cover it as well?
That being said, the writing's been on the wall for a while. Probably LibreWolf for me.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 162d
Uuuugggghhhh....
Alright, so questions:
LibreWolf or Waterfox?
brillotti@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 162d
Librewolf has been my pick for a couple years now. Some sites break because they can't read the canvas, but the fix is easy - allow the site to access it. I messed up a work contract signature because of this once, and my scribbles looked like random digital noise. It was fun explaining that to finance and having them reissue the contract.
Labotomized@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 162d
Waterfox took all of like 5 minutes to get up and running and imported all my stuff from Firefox too. Going on maybe two months using it and yet to have any issues. I think you’ll be fine with either choice!
RustyNova@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d
Personally I main Librewolf for a few years now, but you need to remember that cookies are opt-in (shield icon, click the cookie toggle).
Personally I think it's a great feature but some people may prefer cookies always on
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 162d
I dunno. I tend to reject cookies on most websites by default. Maybe this is good for me.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Seems either one is good, including Mullvad, depending on your threat model.
I'd say from lowest to highest threat model for Gecko-forked browsers: WaterFox, Librewolf, Mullvad, Tor.
Coyote@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 162d
Zen, Waterfox, LibreWolf... there are options.
okamiueru@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d
for now... they depend on Firefox. Not sure what will happen once it goes the way of the shit.
KraeuterRoy@feddit.org · 13 pts · 162d
Mozilla really has no clue about their users at all. So if this AI shit isn't incredibly lucrative on its own (like the Google deal) or brings in loads of new users (doubtful), then that's it.
Which will be a huge problem - cause it will likely pull all the forks under with it. Once Firefox falls, the days of Librewolf, Waterfox etc. will likely be numbered.
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 2 pts · 161d
Where would we go to? Nothing else is production ready or ai free.
emotional_soup_88@programming.dev · 9 pts · 162d
If they use my porn searches they should pay me >:(
But in all seriousness, just switch to https://librewolf.net/installation/
kazerniel@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 162d
Ew, no, bad Mozilla!
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Mozilla Clusterfox.
edg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 162d
Ho-ly shit
HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 162d
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 161d
A bug in Beta that they will fix for sure. Bugs happen people