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I've been on Firefox for decades and I'm 100% ready to jump ship. Tried Zen today and it didn't feel right—felt too much like it wanted to be Arc but ended up

I've been on Firefox for decades and I'm 100% ready to jump ship. Tried Zen today and it didn't feel right—felt too much like it wanted to be Arc but ended up a bit frankenstein-y in the process. Open to suggestions that aren't Arc or Brave, if anyone has them!

alisonatwork 10mo ago
What platform are you on? I use Ungoogled Chromium on desktop (uBlock Origin still works if you install it from GitHub) and Cromite on mobile (some AdBlock built-in), mainly because both of these just give you a clean and compatible browser without any frills. I noped out of Firefox back whenever it was that they started prompting me to make an account to sync every time I opened it, but I still use LibreWolf at work to test compatibility.
- airstrike 10mo ago
  I'm on macOS. I'm kinda strictly against Chromium because I first installed Chrome to break up a browser monopoly that threatened the long term future of the web. I uninstalled it once it flipped from "the browser that's making the web better" to "the browser that's making the company Google better at the expense of the web" It's not really a political stance, but a pragmatic one. I appreciate that makes it hard to find alternatives, but I can't logically justify using Chrome.
marcyb5st 10mo ago
I jumped to Vivaldi. I was drawn to it by the amount of personalization it offers and after spending a bit of time setting it up to my liking it is now my daily browser. I don't use the integrated calendar or mail client, just the browser and you don't notice these features are even there since they don't spam you. It is chromium based however.
- mikragor 10mo ago
  And propietary freeware.
designed 10mo ago
Check out Helium. I switched from Brave to try it out and works pretty great. Just no Widevine support (though possible on Linux).
beAbU 10mo ago
Do you mind catching me up on what happened to Arc? It was a HN darling IIRC and now I get very "we don't talk about it anymore" vibes.
- airstrike 10mo ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41597250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41597250
  - brycewray 10mo ago
    Also: https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...

alisonatwork 10mo ago

What platform are you on? I use Ungoogled Chromium on desktop (uBlock Origin still works if you install it from GitHub) and Cromite on mobile (some AdBlock built-in), mainly because both of these just give you a clean and compatible browser without any frills. I noped out of Firefox back whenever it was that they started prompting me to make an account to sync every time I opened it, but I still use LibreWolf at work to test compatibility.

airstrike 10mo ago
I'm on macOS. I'm kinda strictly against Chromium because I first installed Chrome to break up a browser monopoly that threatened the long term future of the web. I uninstalled it once it flipped from "the browser that's making the web better" to "the browser that's making the company Google better at the expense of the web" It's not really a political stance, but a pragmatic one. I appreciate that makes it hard to find alternatives, but I can't logically justify using Chrome.

marcyb5st 10mo ago

I jumped to Vivaldi. I was drawn to it by the amount of personalization it offers and after spending a bit of time setting it up to my liking it is now my daily browser. I don't use the integrated calendar or mail client, just the browser and you don't notice these features are even there since they don't spam you. It is chromium based however.

mikragor 10mo ago
And propietary freeware.

designed 10mo ago

Check out Helium. I switched from Brave to try it out and works pretty great. Just no Widevine support (though possible on Linux).

beAbU 10mo ago

Do you mind catching me up on what happened to Arc? It was a HN darling IIRC and now I get very "we don't talk about it anymore" vibes.

airstrike 10mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41597250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41597250
- brycewray 10mo ago
  Also: https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...