I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here’s my decision process,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
    • I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it’s not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
  3. Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
    • Ublock Origin
    • ClearURLs
    • Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I’m worried about site breakages.

  • youmaynotknow
    10•8 days ago

    Librewolf for anything that does work, Brave for anything that works only on Chromium based, and Mullvad for all the crazy.

    On Android it’s Mull and Mulch.

    • Lemongrab
      6•9 days ago

      Instead of Mulch I would recommend Cromite. It is fully open source (free of proprietary dependencies unlike Brave and Mulch), has anti-fingerprinting (unlike Mulch), and has built-in ad-blocking. Browser comparison table made by the Developer of Mulch: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

        • Lemongrab
          5•8 days ago

          Vanadium does not provide adblocking/content-block, comes with proprietary dependencies, and provides no fingerprinting protection.

        • Lemongrab
          3•8 days ago

          You can install uBlock origin lite and the adblock plus engine is segregated by cromite

          • Pherenike
            1•6 days ago

            I was not able to install any extensions on Cromite, how did you manage it?

            • Lemongrab
              2•6 days ago

              Sry, I should have mentioned I meant Cromite on desktop.

    • hswolf
      2•9 days ago

      Does either Librewolf or Mullvad have a mobile version with sync?

      • youmaynotknow
        2•8 days ago

        In all honesty, I am not sure if you can sync, but I think I’ve seen librewolf and Mull being able to sign in to a Firefox account. I don’t sync anything unless I self-host, so I have my linkwarden for all my bookmarks needs.

        I’ve heard of a self-hosted alternative to Firefox accounts, but I would need to research that a bit.

        • Lemongrab
          2•8 days ago

          It can sync, most if not all Firefox based browsers can sync

      • Lemongrab
        1•9 days ago

        Use Mull (made by the DivestOS developer) on mobile. It is available through the dev’s f-droid repo. It is hardened Firefox mobile similar to Librewolf and supports sync because it is a Firefox mobile fork. It is also fully open source and doesnt come with proprietary dependencies (unlike standard Firefox mobile)