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Should I use Zen or Floorp Browser ? (lemmy.today)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I am currently using Librewolf.

But Zen & floorp browser looks beautiful.

What do you suggest?

I personally like the looks of Zen.

I would also appreciate any tips to make Zen more secure than it already is.

Edit: consider this too

Negative post about zen: https://www.reddit.com/r/LibreWolf/comments/1ezumu7/comment/ljnjx2b/

Positive post about zen: https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/1fz7j9s/comment/lqzklza/

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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I tried zen and then someone told me something concerning I forgot about by now so I switched back. Floorp I've never even heard of, but I'd have a hard time taking anything called that seriously.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 9 hours ago

Floorp is just cool

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

this maybe?

https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

That only seems relevant if one uses the defaults, and if you care about privacy you probably don't, so idk what's the goal of this little experiment other than just curiosity.

It'd be a whole lot more useful if it was "here's the connections these browsers made after enabling all privacy-preserving settings they offer".

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of users care about privacy but find it unattainable due to technical difficulties.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That's my point, checking a few boxes in the settings is the bare minimum if you care about it, so idk what's the value in comparing defaults.

And privacy is often a tradeoff, if a browser doesn't have the strictest by default, it's probably because the ones who forked it didn't consider it a good tradeoff.