DebonairDavid
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For most people, this isn't anything new, but the Firefox browser, as well as Mozilla as a company, keep getting worse. Recently, Mozilla announced a new update they were going to push which would essentially no longer make Firefox a privacy-respecting and open-source software-respecting browser, as explained here: https://open. lbry.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-worst-firefox-update-ever:e
For anyone interested in learning about the downfall of Firefox, here's a video explaining it: https://open. lbry.com/@DistroTube:2/why-firefox-is-dead-%28the-many-mistakes:6
As DT has said, Chromium-based browsers are generally better in terms of performance because Chromium engine developers have the money and resources to make it that way, but there's some people who still don't like using anything Chromium-based because of problems like Manifest V3. I don't know how baked-in Manifest V3 is, but I know my experiences with UnGoogled Chromium weren't very good because it's still dependent on it, which is why I'm no longer able to install Ublock Origin. Perhaps when Brave forked their browser from Chromium, they were able to remove it, but I wouldn't know because I don't like how Brave replaces Google's ads with their own, which is why I don't use that browser. For anyone interested in an open-source and independent browser because you're tired of forks, you can try the Ladybird browser when it comes out (ladybird .org), but there's no telling how well it will fair to other, more-developed browsers, and its currently not being developed for every major OS (hopefully that changes). Although it's a fork of Firefox, your best bet is to use Midori if you want something open-source and works on every major OS (https://astian.org/en/midori-browser/). While it was lagging behind for a number of years, the developers recently made massive changes to it, which may make it a popular browser of choice in the future. Librewolf is another Firefox fork, but it's a great one because of the thought put into developing it (Librewolf. net). Unfortunately, its not available on mobile devices, but hopefully the developers are looking to make that an option in the not too distant future.
For anyone interested in learning about the downfall of Firefox, here's a video explaining it: https://open. lbry.com/@DistroTube:2/why-firefox-is-dead-%28the-many-mistakes:6
As DT has said, Chromium-based browsers are generally better in terms of performance because Chromium engine developers have the money and resources to make it that way, but there's some people who still don't like using anything Chromium-based because of problems like Manifest V3. I don't know how baked-in Manifest V3 is, but I know my experiences with UnGoogled Chromium weren't very good because it's still dependent on it, which is why I'm no longer able to install Ublock Origin. Perhaps when Brave forked their browser from Chromium, they were able to remove it, but I wouldn't know because I don't like how Brave replaces Google's ads with their own, which is why I don't use that browser. For anyone interested in an open-source and independent browser because you're tired of forks, you can try the Ladybird browser when it comes out (ladybird .org), but there's no telling how well it will fair to other, more-developed browsers, and its currently not being developed for every major OS (hopefully that changes). Although it's a fork of Firefox, your best bet is to use Midori if you want something open-source and works on every major OS (https://astian.org/en/midori-browser/). While it was lagging behind for a number of years, the developers recently made massive changes to it, which may make it a popular browser of choice in the future. Librewolf is another Firefox fork, but it's a great one because of the thought put into developing it (Librewolf. net). Unfortunately, its not available on mobile devices, but hopefully the developers are looking to make that an option in the not too distant future.
