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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours 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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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't Zen just a skin of firefox, so the same issues?

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, it seems to use the same engine as Firefox.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

But not a fork, right? Sorry I don't understand it clearly.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Zen Browser is a free and open-source fork of Mozilla Firefox, with its main focus being privacy, customizability and design, and it is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0).

Seems to be a fork.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Chromium browsers are affected by any changes to chrome, I wonder if the same is true for Firefox forks.

[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

No, because the Mozilla's new policy doesnt apply to forks.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 3 points 22 hours ago

Simple forks, sure. Independent forks? No. So I guess it depends on if Zen considers itself independent or not, and I can't seem to find that information.