I’m looking into Firefox alternatives as I wanna see what’s available. Being Norwegian, Vivaldi seems like a good choice to replace Firefox on desktop and Safari on iOS. Tried it for a night and it works pretty good. I do however have reservations about it being based on Chromium.

How much power does Google actually have over Vivaldi? And would it actually matter for my quest for degoogling myself?

In case anyone’s wondering. I’m also looking into LibreWolf.

Edit: Rewrote the start as people got too hung up on Firefox.

  • KbSez@piefed.socialEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    I’ve been using LibreWolf and have been very happy with it.

    I installed the essential Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin and see both doing their jobs on top of the protection LibreWolf offers.

    • Jehuty@lemmy.ml
      7·
      2 days ago

      Strongly second this.

      There’s been suspicions for a while that you can’t actually unGoogle Chromium no matter how hard you try.

      I really enjoy Vivaldi but I came to the conclusion that the only thing that really matters to me is vertical tabs.

      LibreWolf is my daily driver now.

      • Parptarf@lemm.eeOP
        5·
        2 days ago

        I’m coming to the conclusion that I should just try LibreWolf and see how I like that compared to Firefox.

        • naught@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 days ago

          It’s just firefox. If you encounter websites that break or look bad on firefox, theyll be just as broken on librewolf. There are many web standards firefox is behind on.

          That said, vivaldi is the best chromium choice and Librewolf is the best FF choice. I use librewolf when adblocking is paramount, like on YT

          • Parptarf@lemm.eeOP
            4·
            2 days ago

            Only thing I’ve been missing while trying Librewolf for a bit is ironically enough, saved cookies on pages I sign into to keep me signed in.

            Other than this it feels like a faster Firefox.

            I’ve seen there’s ways to keep you singed in on Librewolf too, but I keep wonder If there’s actually a point in using it instead of Firefox if I’m saving (some) cookies anyways.

            Thoughts?

            • SeekPie@lemm.ee
              4·
              2 days ago

              Saving cookies is not the only thing Librewolf does differently from default Firefox.

              Having some cookie exceptions is definitely better than having all cookies saved.