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Any alternatives to Firefox worth exploring where users are the customers and you can pay for the product instead of being sold as one?
by 8f2ab37a-ed6c 2y ago
Any alternatives to Firefox worth exploring where users are the customers and you can pay for the product instead of being sold as one?
- beretguy 2y agoWaterFox
- lawn 2y agoKagi has their own browser called Orion, their whole business model (including search) is that you pay for it instead of you being sold. Unfortunately, it's iOS only and based on WebKit. There's definitely an opportunity here, maybe using Servo as the browser engine.
- rpozarickij 2y ago> it's iOS only It's available on macOS as well: https://kagi.com/orion/#download_sec https://kagi.com/orion/#download_sec
- lawn 2y agoSorry, should've said Apple only.
- deely3 2y agoI have good expirience with Vivaldi. Yes, Chromium based, but very-very customizable, a bit slower than other browser, again because of customizations, but in general it looks like they believe that user know what he/she is doing.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoAn independent browser engine is top reason I use Firefox. Anything based on Webkit/Blink is just reinforcing the monoculture and further locking out alternatives.
- deely3 2y agoI don't know honestly. I don't like what Mozilla is doing with Firefox, and I'm not sure that we should support it.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoClearly we have different priorities and I've failed to convince you. Which is fine. Hopefully enough folks do prioritize browser engine diversity, so we aren't stuck with no significant alternative.
- deely3 2y ago> Clearly we have different priorities and I've failed to convince you. Im not sure that we should support one "not the best" company just because other company definitely worse.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoIf you feel that strongly, there are other non-Webkit/Blink options besides Firefox.
- infotapeworm 2y agoLibreWolf, Mullvad Browser, Brave, Chromium