I believe LibreWolf’s defaults are too strict and slow down adoption. Most options are either : all or nothing. No in-between.

Sadly, I believe the default settings are too strict and will slow down adoption by the mass, which would in term bring a better anonymity set.

It’s not a great alternative to Firefox because LibreWolf is just not usable for the daily user: no DRM, no cookies, no history, websites that break… The browser should let the user choose:

  • Maximum compatibility (more tracking)
  • Mid-option (like a modded firefox but without the annoyances like cookies not being stored, having a fixed size, or forced light-mode/timezone)
  • Best privacy (pretty much the current mode)

I find myself forced to edit the default settings which is a huge privacy/fingerprinting risk. If we create ‘settings groups’, yes, the privacy will be hurt, but at least we will be more in each group.

What do you think about this?

  • LerajeEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Not to recommend as I don’t use them (I use LW and Mullvad - and Ironfox on mobile - all of which might give you the same issues you have with LW) but I’ve heard people mention Mercury, Floorp and Waterfox as being good privacy focused alternatives.