No, if I read that correctly the terms do not apply to me as I don’t use the “Executable Code version of Firefox”.
I’ve been using gnome web for a bit
Yep. I’ve switched to Waterfox, but I need a browser for my phone(I run iOS, yes I know), any suggestions?
Probably Ironfox
It seems like that’s Android only?
Yeah sorry, don’t know about Iphones
No, because I haven’t used mainline Firefox in years.
I’m pretty happy with LibreWolf on desktop and IronFox on Android (GrapheneOS)Unfortunately it’s still much less secure than Chromium, but I want and need a proper adblocker to maintain my freedom online. And I’m definitely not using Brave…
The only kinda usable Chromium browsers are Ungoogled Chromium and Trivalent. I think I might try building Trivalent on macOS at some point. Maybe also gonna apply some patches from Thorium, as long as they don’t compromise security.
Yep, switched tot waterfox…
Already switched to Zen on PC and Fennec on Android.
Nope.
Not that I don’t think it’s a dumb move from Mozilla, but the options right now are:
- Stay with Firefox
- Move to a Firefox-based browser
Especially since I use Mozilla’s services I’m sorta in their ecosystem right now. Maybe once I’ve moved passwords off I can consider moving, but even then on Android the only browser that supports uBlock is Firefox afaik, which makes it my YouTube client of choice.
a password manager is better.
100% recommend moving off firefox’s password manager, as it’s generally much more insecure than something like Bitwarden
I gotta set up something on my home server fr
Ideally, but bitwarden is a great in between solution, you can always export everything later to your self hosted solution of choice.
I’m mainly trying to work out how to get off windows.
Nice. I’ve been there, and changing just a bit at a time has added up to my computing now being in a state I’m much happier with.
Switching from Android to iPhone soon, what is the best browser for the iPhone? 🤔
Very interested in responses, following.
I’ve been using Firefox since it was Netscape, and I’m ‘concerned’ but not going anywhere yet.
Yeah, same here… I’m cautiously worried, but more for other things that have happened than these last changes.
Exactly the same situation here. I’ll wait for a while and see what happens.
I still don’t see Mozilla as a bad actor, especially in comparison with the villany that is google and microsoft. It’s still a great alternative for privacy newbies and average users, although I personally made the switch to librewolf (desktop) and iceraven (mobile) a while ago. Both being forks of firefox, development for actual firefox is essential for either of these to survive, so Mozilla still has my support albeit indirectly
i have ironfox on android, and you can use alternative to google play, apparently google has secretely downloaded an app" which scans your phones and sends it to google.
Oh wow, I did that exact switch yesterday upon seeing the changes.
Yes.
Short term – I’ll probably be moving to LibreWolf, most likely. I’m planning to spend a good chunk of time this weekend reviewing what exactly their fork does. I’ve read their self-description already – and like it – but I want to look through the code and try to build it myself before I start depending on it.
Long term – I’ll be keeping my eye on Servo and Ladybird.
Librewolf is not exactly a fork. It is a autoconfig file for firefox (which is a firefox feature). https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/librewolf.cfg It’s not a solution.
this actually makes me more likely to use it.
I doubt implementation of terms will be optional.
Thanks for the pointer. As I said, I need to spend a good chunk of time reviewing exactly what they’ve done before I feel confident enough to depend on it. A simple reconfiguration of stock Firefox that I am confident does not phone home is likely good enough for me in the short term.
If you have a better solution though, please let us know what it is.
does not phone home
Only blocking will achieve this fully.
What I use is Firefox with config (similar to librewolf) + blocking using privoxy. I’ve been using this for a long time. However I’m no longer confident this is sufficient.
Not yet, they’re still the best option that doesn’t use Chromium (I don’t count Safari), but Servo is looking pretty promising
Librewolf. Mozilla will just keep enshittifying their browser. My biggest hope is that chrome is split off from Google and Mozilla loses their funding from google (500M/year). It’s way more than they need and they refuse to actually compete with Chrome/Chromium. Instead, they are content being the excuse for Google not to be sued for being a monopoly.
Hopefully the charade will end before Trump leaves office. Either because the US courts force google to split or because the EU finally grows a pair and declares Google and their tech to be a liability. My bet is that a new browser like LadyBird will give Firefox a reason to actually improve, but it’ll be too late.
Librewolf is basically a autoconfig file for firefox (firefox feature). https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/librewolf.cfg You can use this file in normal firefox.
I’ve been inching towards Gnome Web (WebKit) for a while now. Every time I try using it I last a little longer than last time before I encounter some deal breaking issue and return to Firefox.
In the short term I’m considering sticking to Firefox for work, and using Gnome Web for all other kinds of distractions. I’m writing this in Gnome Web right now, and it’s working great. :)
On mobile I’ll probably stick to Firefox for a while. So they will still have all my data, and if I have to choose between Mozilla and Google it will still be Mozilla. But my god I wish they would stop acting like idiots.
