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Good thing I already stopped using chrome since about a year ag
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I already know that nobody will mention Vivaldi, or if they do, they will be drowned out by a chorus of voices shouting "Firefox", but if you like the chromium ecosystem or just don't like waiting for web pages to function, it's a great alternative with a built-in adblocker that doesn't depend on uBlock Origin.
We've just been told yesterday that to reduce our attack surface, only Edge will be allowed on our workstations. Reasoning is that it's difficult to make sure everyone is properly updates their browser, and since Edge is handled by windows updates, it's easier to monitor proper updates.
While I understand that reasoning, the tradeoff between pretty small risk reduction associated with unlikely attack surface from different browsers, and the massive drop in employee satisfaction, is simply not worth it.
Okay. I have purged Google chrome from my devices long ago.
I can't. Firefox on Android doesn't handle my personal certificate so it's a hassle to access gov sites
This won't work? https://mobileconnect.cce.af.mil/cert
That's to add an "authority". Done that. But firefox doesn't find a personal (id) cert signed by that CA (fnmt.es)
In that case you can try cromite for Android. It's a decent private and ad blocking browser based on chromium.
I wonder how many still won't switch.
Majority. Never underestimate the power of pre-installed software and default settings. There is a reason why Google is still paying Firefox big bucks to be the default search engine.
its also the reason why in the U.S, the default messaging app is the most used. people are lazy unless forced to be given the option at the start.
Googles: "how to purge google from memory"
Everyone: Install Librewolf and Linux🌻
There's a MV3 alternate (same dev!) "uBlock Origin Lite" which this article completely misses out on mentioning: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
There are certain websites and tools which need chrome/chromium making it a necessary evil; for example there's a new trend in firmware flashing of devices like ESP32 boards and HAM/GMRS radios which are web based and use Chrome tech. This new MV3 fork isn't as good as the original but it's better than nothing and does stop some ad trash.
Unless your firmware flasher is serving ads, and I really hope it isn't, there's no issue using chtome for things like that. Just use Firefox for everything else. It blocks more than just some ad trash. And you can have 2 browsers installed at the same time. They don't fight each other.
Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf
This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. This is achieved through our privacy and security oriented settings and patches. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM.
LibreWolf
Why are privacy/copyleft advocates so bad at naming?
They usually don't have marketing departments or focus groups.
You obviously don't need those to come up with a good name; just some taste. Signal is a great example. Ladybird and Servo are good browser names if you want to stick to that. LibreWolf? Jesus, come on guys. Forgejo is another terrible name I heard recently. Apparently it's Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.
Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.
God forbid some non-anglophone culture enters our collective consciousness.
What culture is esperanto? That is fake invented language.
It's Latin-derived, the pronunciation would be easier for Romance language natives, I guess.
That said, all languages are made up.
You don't have to use the exact same naming scheme. But even if you did it's pretty trivial to come up with better names. I bet even ChatGPT can do it. Here's the list it came up with for me:
- Thunderwolf
- Breezefalcon
- Stonehawk
- Blazeleopard
- Rainlynx
- Frostowl
- Lightningpanther
- Shadowraven
- Solarfox
- Cloudtiger
Ok most are pretty trash but Stonehawk is good. Maybe Thunderwolf. Still better than LibreWolf.
don’t sleep on frost owl. Owl heads are kind of round so it would make a good icon.
everyone could do it
…proceeds to not do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You don't think Stonehawk is a better name than LibreWolf? Kind of proving my point there.
No, I don't, does that also prove your point?
the largest problem with librewolf is the difficult pronunciation, I think, just as with forgejo. stonehawk is easy, as is not a terrible name either. maybe "stone" is not terribly interesting, though. but it still seems to be an improvement for me.
what is your take on it? why do you think it's not better?
I purged chrome as a browser from my system a while ago