I already know that nobody will mention Vivaldi, or if they do, they will be drowned out by a chorus of voices shouting “Firefox”, but if you like the chromium ecosystem or just don’t like waiting for web pages to function, it’s a great alternative with a built-in adblocker that doesn’t depend on uBlock Origin.
There’s a MV3 alternate (same dev!) “uBlock Origin Lite” which this article completely misses out on mentioning: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh
There are certain websites and tools which need chrome/chromium making it a necessary evil; for example there’s a new trend in firmware flashing of devices like ESP32 boards and HAM/GMRS radios which are web based and use Chrome tech. This new MV3 fork isn’t as good as the original but it’s better than nothing and does stop some ad trash.
Unless your firmware flasher is serving ads, and I really hope it isn’t, there’s no issue using chtome for things like that. Just use Firefox for everything else. It blocks more than just some ad trash. And you can have 2 browsers installed at the same time. They don’t fight each other.
why would you want a browser based firmware flasher? the web browser should surely not deal with hardware. you don’t even get to know if the flashing code has changed, or verify it in Any way
I have already hated the grapheneos web flasher, even if its just made for those for whom themost basic computer terms area dufficult task, like download this file, type cmd into the start menu, press enter, paste this command text, press enter. but it could have been solved with a most simple gui executable too!
I wonder how many still won’t switch.
Majority. Never underestimate the power of pre-installed software and default settings. There is a reason why Google is still paying Firefox big bucks to be the default search engine.
Best to switch to Firefox anyways, or even better privacy enhanced LibreWolf
This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. This is achieved through our privacy and security oriented settings and patches. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM.
You don’t have to use the exact same <element><animal> naming scheme. But even if you did it’s pretty trivial to come up with better names. I bet even ChatGPT can do it. Here’s the list it came up with for me:
- Thunderwolf
- Breezefalcon
- Stonehawk
- Blazeleopard
- Rainlynx
- Frostowl
- Lightningpanther
- Shadowraven
- Solarfox
- Cloudtiger
Ok most are pretty trash but Stonehawk is good. Maybe Thunderwolf. Still better than LibreWolf.
You obviously don’t need those to come up with a good name; just some taste. Signal is a great example. Ladybird and Servo are good browser names if you want to stick to that. LibreWolf? Jesus, come on guys. Forgejo is another terrible name I heard recently. Apparently it’s Esperanto, like that makes it ok somehow.
Googles: “how to purge google from memory”
Everyone: Install Librewolf and Linux🌻