• MyFairJulia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If it really has to be a Chromium browser, Vivaldi will do the trick.

    And if you REALLY take security seriously, LibreWolf is based on Firefox but without the annoying stuff from Mozilla attached to it.

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      1 year ago

      Vivaldi a privacy respecting browser? It’s closed source and barely has any concern on the matter.

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        1 year ago

        Nah, they have a big concern on that matter. Not collecting or selling your data is one of their main selling points lol. Also, while not completely open source, the main changes they do to the chromium base is open for everyone

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          Not collecting or selling your data is one of their main selling points lol.

          And… how can we trust that claim?

          Just use Librewolf. Problem solved. If you want some gimmicky stuff that Vivaldi provides, that’s fine. Just know that it’s not as private as Librewolf is. It’s default privacy measures are subpar at best.

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            1 year ago

            I personally trust Vivaldi because they haven’t slipped up once so far. Besides the open source dispute, it’s easily the least controversial company.

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        1 year ago

        Not a fan of Vivaldi either but it’s not closed source. https://vivaldi.com/source/

        Though the source code doesn’t even get a link on their website so I can see why people think that.

        Edit: I was wrong, there’s closed source parts (the UI).

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          1 year ago

          Chromium has a lot of google stuff that’s just open source. Chrome, the google browser, adds on top of that OSS google stuff proprietary google stuff.

          In this context when I say “google stuff” I mean “things google uses to track you or otherwise pipeline you to google products”

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          1 year ago

          You are fooling yourself if you think you can really “ungoogle” chromium.

            • Kayn@dormi.zone
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              1 year ago

              They won’t respond because they just want you to use Firefox instead

                • Kayn@dormi.zone
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                  1 year ago

                  There’s really nothing wrong with it. The only thing that Firefox enthusiasts are concerned about is that you contribute to the Chromium monopoly by using Ungoogled Chromium.