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What browser(s) should I use? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by MilliaStrange@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I came across a Tumblr post detailing how to disable AI "features" in Firefox as of 11/20/25 and I'm expecting an arms race of new/changed fields vs new strategies to disable them. So I wanted to ask, what would you recommend a lifelong Firefox user use, for PC and Android?

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[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Librewolf (PC) or Fennec (Android) if you want to stay in the Firefox ecosystem. Vivaldi if you don't mind A Chrome based browser.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

A proprietary chrome based browser that is. But nevertheless one that seems to superior I'm considering seeking refuge there until Servo is ready.

After a few months in LibreWolf I still don't feel at home.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Someone really needs to make a general purpose fork of librewolf that turns on the features you need for compatibility and ease of use by default, and the regular librewolf can stay hardened.

[–] stranger@lemdro.id 4 points 3 weeks ago

I moved from Chrome to Firefox / Fennec to Vivaldi for Windows and Android, and after disabling a lot of the UI bloat I've honestly not had an issue with it. Synced tabs across devices, fast performance, and built in ad-blocking with option to add extensions.

[–] Morphite88@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 weeks ago

IIRC the only portion of Vivaldi that isn't open source is their UI code, for what that's worth. Guess they want to keep an edge there? I'm Currently migrating my Android from Vivaldi to Brave; using xBrowserSync (bookmarks), Proton Pass (passwords), and KDE Connect to keep it synchronized to desktop (debian 13 using KDE Plasma) instead of Vivaldi's sync. Kind of a pain after using a single service for some time but I don't trust anyone anymore.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fennec is good. Ironfox is better, it is the successor to Mull.

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you explain why it's better?

[–] Zykino@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would also love to know. It is not on F-Droid so I'm a bit suspicious at first. (Not all is open source? Or is it too new?)

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You have to add its repository from here: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox