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Which browser do you use and why? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Using firefox but concerned now

Read about some alternatives:

Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't Zen just a skin of firefox, so the same issues?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, it seems to use the same engine as Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But not a fork, right? Sorry I don't understand it clearly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zen Browser is a free and open-source fork of Mozilla Firefox, with its main focus being privacy, customizability and design, and it is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0).

Seems to be a fork.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Chromium browsers are affected by any changes to chrome, I wonder if the same is true for Firefox forks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

No, because the Mozilla's new policy doesnt apply to forks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Simple forks, sure. Independent forks? No. So I guess it depends on if Zen considers itself independent or not, and I can't seem to find that information.