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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago) by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] Xanza@lemm.ee -1 points 17 hours ago (11 children)

Despite my issues with it, I use Chrome. It's simply too integrated into my life. But I just saw (like 2 minutes ago) from another thread here about Zen Browser and maaaan is it nice.

[–] barf@vegantheoryclub.org 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Zen is good. Arc is decent if you must have a chromium browser for some reason, but not OSS

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

IMO, if I'm going to jump from Chrome it might as well be for libre/OSS. No reason to just from proprietary to proprietary.

[–] barf@vegantheoryclub.org 1 points 3 hours ago

I agree, though there are plenty of situations where you must have a chromium based browser. If it must be a daily driver, Arc is probably better than ungoogled-chromium.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Isn't Zen just a skin of firefox, so the same issues? And Arc is VC funded...

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