Fast and Private Web Browser
www.waterfox.netWaterfox is the privacy-focused web browser engineered to give you speed, control, and peace of mind on the internet.
Waterfox is a browser, obviously based on Firefox, but without default “junk” that Firefox comes with.
Don’t see many mentions to Waterfox at all in this community? Are there any specific reasons for it? Seems like a neat version of Firefox, with development based out of the UK.
- Worthwile blogpost on their independence and future updates: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-in-2023/
- Project: https://www.waterfox.net
- Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.waterfox.waterfox
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Waterfox was bought by an ad company.
Edit: According to this page it’s no longer the case, though I still am not completely comfortable with it.
I hate to break it to you but Mozilla, Google and Microsoft are all Advertising companies.
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Don’t discuss Geopolitics on Lemmy. It is a bad idea
Mozilla makes money from Firefox pocket and the sponsored part if the Firefox home screen. You can turn those off but it is still advertising
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Mozilla non profit and Mozilla company are different entities.
Also Lemmy tends to be extreme left and pro China and Russia. I don’t really like discussing politics on social media anyway so I tend to just ignore it.
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I just think the issues are often more complex than people see. People put up there blinders and refuse to see anything that might make them question there own views.
Maybe but it’s a far cry from Mozilla being an advertising company.
They aren’t even remotely close to companies like Google.
That doesn’t mean they don’t operate in the same issue.
If you want proof, just have a quick glance at their privacy policy.
All big tech is. They got big for a reason. Though I find Mozilla much less of a thread than other corps like Google, Meta, Microsoft. Meta I find easy to block as none of their services are actually useful. Google is a tad bit harder, and Microshit creeps in on every spot and I don’t like it.
Oh honey. Meta is still collecting your data, even if you never use their site.
But if you use a private browser and a VPN you’re probably OK.
Eh, I think having a PiHole at home internet and a private DNS on phone is good enough for me. Not to mention uBlock configured with the Anti-Facebook list 🤷♂️
I think that is fair. However, you shouldn’t trust Mozilla more than any other company
Any big company can’t be trusted. They got big with a reason :)
Oof… 🚩🚩🚩 fool me once…
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not anymore, they became independent again in 2023
They were, but as I understand they are once again independent. I’d still rather stick with Librewolf, but I’m glad there are options.
They became independent again last year!
Yeah I found that out as I was looking for sources, but you guys are quick to comment, aha!
Hehe all good 😇