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> If you’re just looking for a version of Firefox without the user-hostile parts LibreWolf seems like an attempt at this: https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io

• solarkraft 5y ago
  I don’t think it is. If it is, it’s pretty bad at it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28816990 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28816990
  • bscphil 5y ago
    Hmm. You're right that they are trying to do more than just that, they're trying to make a browser with an "off by default" policy for anything potentially privacy impacting. Personally, I haven't done any more than check it out, but I did end up switching back most of their changed settings. I think the end game for this probably ought to be an interface that appears post-install and asks you to choose a set of privacy-friendly options (which may break things), or enable all web technologies (which may impact privacy). That seems the user-respecting thing to do to me. Still, though, I'm glad that privacy-by-default, no unexpected connections out of the box, is something that someone is working on.