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nixCraft 🐧

I have been using since 2004 and do not intend to stop anytime soon. You need to take it out of my dead hands. What about you?

@nixCraft None of those. Vivaldi user here😀 It has become quite annoying. For picky people Vivaldi Chrome it is! - Edited

@jordan_kendrick @nixCraft I would like to use open source for everything, but every time I start to think about it, I realize we use tons of closed tools. So is it really an issue?. Must we review our position or we should declare war to companies and use only open source or community projects? I'm getting old and I want to get things done. I'm starting to not carying about it. How to you feel about closed source?

@horaciodos @nixCraft Everybody’s concerns are different so that’s certainly a valid position. Personally I choose to minimize the amount of proprietary software I use everywhere possible as there is almost no time cost/downside for my use cases.

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#FireFoxESR to gain more control But #TorBrowser (firefoxEsr as well) are my main browsers, until a more privacy acknowledging one comes up. #notMyImage #anime #waifu

@nixCraft I use Firefox for Linux as my main browser. It is great. It lacks some features like rendering through vulkan, Google Chrome does better. @Patrick which browser do you use?

@thee_earl @nixCraft I just migrated to libre wolf and it is working really well! I appreciate many of the security and privacy features. I have customers it to my needs quite easily.

@nixCraft Started using #Firefox around 2006, because it was so much faster than #Opera. Then I spent two days playing with add-ons to get back all my dear Opera features, like gestures and right-click search. I used #Edge before setting up containers, in order to test not being logged in to services etc. #Chrome I only use for #Streamyard, because it won't work with my headset in Firefox (and for testing my changes to #WikiTree browser extensions so they work for others as well)

@nixCraft
#Firefox all the way :firefoxnew:
Been using it since the early 2000's

@nixCraft I had to look when Firefox was initially released , but yes .. same timeframe ...

@nixCraft Firefox is my default browser. But I've been using Brave and Mullvad when I need to connect to privacy-invasive services.

@canderson @nixCraft I don't get your use case. I'm not trying to give you advice or get you to ditch Brave, but I don't understand how Brave would protect you when you're actually logged in to a privacy-invasive service. Are you talking about the VPN built into the Mullvad browser, or about tabs containers?

@oceane @nixCraft I have to use some services that are both privacy-invasive and only work well in chromium-based browsers (yes, unfortunately it still happen in 2024). For this use case, I use Brave.
For services that contains tons of trackers, privacy-invasive, but work well in Gecko, I prefer using Mullvad Browser, just to keep separated from my main and default Firefox browser.

@oceane @nixCraft @canderson Brave has built in a feature to connect to Tor when you go into private browsing mode or connect to a .onion site. However, as I mentioned it used to leak, so I don't know if I would trust it... It is a nice feature though for Privacy conscious users.

@canderson @nixCraft brave over Tor used to leak your DNS. I think they patched it but I would trust Mullvad browser or Tor Browser if you are connecting to Tor. That being said, Brave is convenient in that the out of box Privacy settings seem to work well. My favorite part of brave is device syncing without having to give an email and create an account.

@will @nixCraft I agree! I rarely use Tor, my only concern is the abusive tracking by the ads companies to build your profile. For this use case, using a VPN or a service like NextDNS gives an additional layer of protection against the tracking.

@will @canderson @nixCraft

#Brave was that thing made by that anti-LGBT guy after he was forced out of Mozilla, right?

@nik @canderson @nixCraft yeah. I would completely understand people choosing not use the product because of the founders politics and I am in no way endorsing it. Just pointing out that it does offers some unique features...

@nik @will @nixCraft exactly, this is the sad fact behind Brave

@nixCraft I was going to share it anyway, but this is an excellent image description 🙏

@nixCraft Firefox user since version 0.8, same with Thunderbird.

@nixCraft But newer firefox sucks. After going from Netscape, Inc. to Mozilla Fundation, it is now Mozilla, Corp., and that means the browser start page is full of ads.

@microblogc @nixCraft What ads are you talking about? Apparently it's supposed to be "full of ads", but I can't see any on my start page.

@MrHandyMan @nixCraft they are in the pocket start page. You have to disable pocket in settings and in start page.

@microblogc @nixCraft You have to click two buttons on the start page to remove them forever. If that's too much for you, I guess there's no browser for you because Chrome's tracking and ad policies must be a hell for you.

@porous_grey_matter @nixCraft But you can't be sure the next update won't add advertising elsewhere.

@microblogc @nixCraft and with the only other browser, we know for a fact that they are about to basically kill adblocking

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different styles from the same manufacturer. I'm glad I switch from chrome to firefox in my devices

@nixCraft personal FF al the way, including thunderbird. For work chrome and librewolf, since the google account / teams web shit works best on chrome (which I think google does on purpose). Qwant for search (long time google search but annoyed with the ad and promoted results)

@nixCraft I've been using it (and its ancestors) since switching from XMosaic to Netscape Navigator.

@nixCraft I think a better name for the second one is Homohobic Chrome.

I take more issue with that, than the other crap they’ve come up with.

@jornane @nixCraft I mean, I get your point, but it's easier to get people on board with "crypto bros bad" than "the ceo is homophobic, so don't use this".
Especially since it's kinda difficult to not use software that's not made or backed by *any* terrible people.

@flesh @nixCraft Horrible if true.

Anyone who is deterred by crypto, but not by homophobia. May they step on rakes for the rest of their life.

@nixCraft Firefox is the only trustworthy browser. I kept using it throughout the times when it was technically trailing others because trust beats function!

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I use firefox with m'y computer and i have found fennec in fdroid for m'y phone, any advice about him ?

@jojo_35 @nixCraft@mastodon.social it's pretty much identical to Firefox for Android, but with telemetry disabled by default.

@nixCraft Same. I'm with #Firefox since Royal Oak (v0.8). I contributed to the 1.0 announcement in the New York Times.

@schtobia @nixCraft I’ve been using it since it was called Phoenix!

@nixCraft Not Chrome is the girlfriend of Chrome. Both secretly love each other and both of these teenagers' parents have "sharing" information about each other, however, Chrome's parents are a little bit too rich so Not Chrome's parents can't directly ask them, but the relation makes a bond.

@nixCraft FF, of course. With bunch of Ad. blockers. Only if something doesn't pass my blocking, I sometimes use Falkon or Vivaldi. Edge only for Teams. Ha, ha... Chromium only for Google services. So over 99% of time: FF.