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Why I Ditched Firefox for a New Browser: A Linux User's Choice
Discover why this long-time Firefox user decided to switch web browsers on Linux. Explore the criteria that led to the selection of a new browser and learn about Linode, the sponsor, offering top-tier Linux server solutions for various needs including gaming and cloud desktop access.
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Hey guys, this is Nick and today I have made up my mind. I'm going to switch web browsers.
I've been a loyal Firefox user for the past 5 or 6 years and while it did serve me well,
it's starting to annoy me with a few small issues and a general vision of what a web
browser should be that just doesn't float my boat. So let's see what options are available
to me on Linux and the one I picked. Just like I picked today's sponsor, Linode.
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So let's start with why I don't really want to use Firefox anymore as a web browser.
First, Firefox is adding ads in the browser. You can disable them,
but ethically I'm not a fan of the idea. However well it might be implemented or done.
My browser should not push ads to me, period.
Firefox has telemetry enabled out of the box and I have no problem with telemetry.
if it's opt-in or if I have at least an option to disable it at first thought.
Firefox hides that telemetry in the settings and doesn't inform users about
it and I find that kind of distasteful. Firefox pushes other services I have no
use for like Pocket. I want my browser to be a browser, not a reading list, not an
operating system. I want it to display web pages and that's it.
Firefox doesn't integrate all that well on Linux and doesn't really look like a
native app, unless you use custom userchrome.css, which might be disabled in the future.
I like the Proton redesign, but it still doesn't really look like a native application.
And Firefox's mobile app isn't great on Android.
On iOS, it's just a Safari wrapper, but the interface isn't great either, in my
opinion.
And finally, Mozilla is trying to censor the web.
Nah, that one is complete nonsense.
It's a common misconception, but it is complete nonsense.
Just a brief tangent, but what they actually asked for is more transparency.
like revealing who is paying for advertisements, more transparency of platform algorithms, lowering the...
priority of proven disinformation in algorithms and working with researchers to study the impacts
of the big tech platforms on people. If anyone sees that as censorship, they have a twisted
worldview. Basically what they said is de-platforming isn't the solution. The solution
is to give people more insight into what's paid for, by whom it's paid for, and basically just
tell them this is proven to be false, don't believe it, that's it. I'm also not forgetting
that Mozilla is completely dependent in terms of financial revenue from Google, which means that
they are not an independent actor anymore. And that also means that I have basically
