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Zorin OS 17.3 replaced the default Browser from Firefox(Old) to Brave(New). (blog.zorin.com)

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In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Asides from the kinda-shady crypto stuff and the other things that've already been mentioned, just philosophically it should be kinda evident that over-concentration on one corporate controlled rendering engine isn't a good thing. Google wants the internet to be a walled garden with themselves as the sole decision makers so they can stuff ads down your throat.

Gecko's web compat is bad largely because of this over-concentration.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

just philosophically it should be kinda evident that over-concentration on one corporate controlled rendering engine isn’t a good thing

Totally with you on that point.

However, I feel now that Gecko has already lost. I was a long-time FF and later Librewolf user, but Websites don't care to support FF as much, so I'd have important sites break. I'd have to have a Chromium-based backup anyway.

So I've now given up on that from. I have no real choice but to use Blink in some capacity.