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.

  • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
    801·
    2 months ago

    I swear this question comes up everyday in Lemmy 😅.

    Firefox, I just use Firefox because, it works, it has enough privacy measures, and everyone is looking at the codebase, something that cannot be said about most (if not all) forks.

    • dethada@lemmy.zipOP
      96·
      2 months ago

      Any issue with websites breaking? Since sites only care about chromium support nowadays

        • averyminya@beehaw.org
          11·
          2 months ago

          I have been encountering it more lately, but that’s because of the types of sites I was using.

          The ones that may not work tend to be; banking (usually okay though), work-related (ranging from applications to gig work to job specific), and then if you happen to run into something that requires chromium as a way to function, such as some specific extensions or most functional web music creation tools, like MIDI support.

          B-b-b-buuuuut I only use Firefox and all my stock and banking sites work fine on FF, those job sites that needed chromium can get by with Edge, and if you’re using web browsers for MIDI tools, really, what are you doing?

      • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        2 months ago

        The only broken thing is very specific stuff like Slack calls. In fact, it’s the only broken thing I’ve seen in a long while. Also fuck Slack.

      • wulf@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Vast majority of sites work for me (librewolf), but for the few that don’t I also have Vivaldi installed

      • Hellstormy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        2 months ago

        I haven’t really had any problems with any sites yet. Except for Google Meet. For some reason it’s totally laggy and sluggish on Firefox but works perfectly on Chrome.

        Currently using Firefox since half a year for everyday stuff and work.

      • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        valid question, idk why would people downvote it

        broken websites on desktop are rare and not nearly enough to drive a browser change, but they usually fall into two categories:

        1. websites that “break” on purpose for no good reason when they detect it’s not chromium. Either avoid the site or change the user agent.

        2. websites that degrade some functionalities because they rely on newer features or on how things appear on chromium. They’re usually CSS breakages and do not affect browsing that much.

        Support for manifest v2 greatly outweighs these potential issues imo.

      • darkstar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I use Firefox, and have Brave installed incase I encounter a site that breaks. I havent had to use Brave yet because I never encountered any sites that break …

    • EherNicht@feddit.orgEnglish
      318·
      2 months ago

      Please stop recommending vanilla Firefox. Although you could argue that it is less privacy invasive than Chrome, Edge or at leat fucking Opera, it still invades your privacy WITH DEFAULT SETTINGS. For a solid out-of-the-box Browser you can choose:

      • LibreWolf (Firefox fork that’s just plain good)
      • Mullvad (based on Firefox and created in collaboration with Tor Browser devs - if paired with VPN (e.g. Mullvad) anonymity can be archived)
      • Tor Browser (anonymity can be archived)
      • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
        151·
        2 months ago

        I’m sorry but I won’t bother switching to a ultra-minor browser for having to toggle something in the settings once every 2 years after 500 articles pop up about it.