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What's with all the hatred that Firefox has been getting lately? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Makan@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Look at this chud video here.

It's just complaining about DEI, but why now? Apparently, Firefox has a "license" to all your data now. How much is that true? Is he just cherry-picking here, in this case? Librewolf or whatever it's called might be a better option. There's also Zen browser.

I got this in my YouTube feed and didn't know it was more anti-DEI slop and now I'm not sure what to believe. Wish they didn't have to make it so political like they accuse others of doing. Ah well. But what is this I hear about Firefox having a "license" to all your data?

I guess that's like a lot of browsers, tbh, but I suppose Firefox has higher standards, or did...

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[–] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know why your comment has downvotes, probably from Firefox fans. I use Firefox out of necessity (I need a feature-complete uBlock Origin as well as the ability to spoof user agent), but Firefox UX is not polish at all:

Unstyled web forms (input elements) don't work well with dark themed gtk.
Context menu usability issues that were ignored for years up to now and the future.
No WPAs.
Incomplete Web standard implementation.
and many more.

Now, I understand that maintaining a big project such as Firefox is a lot of work for a small company, but the company themselves don't focus on Firefox at all. Instead, they venture into BS businesses that they are not good at and do not make sense (such as their latest attempt at AI trend).

Anyway, is Brave still a good browser for my use cases? Maybe I will consider switching. Or perhaps I will pray to the gods and Buddha from the 4 directions to make China make another truly FOSS browser.

[–] arbitrary@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Someone shared this link about Brave recently though the article is a couple years old: https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

There's a browser called Ladybird written in a new engine but it's still a ways off from being released.