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Using a Firefox fork makes any difference? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Well, Mozilla seems to be making some pretty questionable decisions, So I'm considering switching browsers for the third (Is it the third?) time. The thing is, I really like the way Firefox works, so I've been trying out the more famous Forks like Waterfox and Librewolf, although I'm going for Floorp. However, I'm wondering: is using a fork enough? I mean, they are Forks maintained by other people, but is there a chance that whatever Mozilla does to Firefox could affect those Forks? Should I jump to a totally different browser like Vivaldi?

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[–] geoma@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vivaldi is a no go, it is proprietary software and also based in chromium. I've had similar thought process to yours and I am also using Floorp. Librewolf is great but too privacy hardened for the common lay user. These forks are cleaning the s*** out of firefox so no need to worry.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

There is the source code but the Eula conflicts with it and the ui is only proprietary