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1. Metin Seven 🎨 (metin@graphics.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 17:38:46 JST Metin Seven 🎨

   It's happening, people. Google Chrome is moving to the Manifest V3 framework. If you haven't transitioned to a different browser yet, now's the time to do so.

   https://www.pcworld.com/article/2423294/google-is-killing-one-of-chromes-biggest-ad-blockers.html

   A decent alternative is Firefox with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, and if you want to go for full privacy-awareness, I've heard good things about LibreWolf:

   https://librewolf.net

   and Floorp:

   https://floorp.app

   #google #chrome #browser #privacy #ublock #UblockOrigin #internet #web #online #firefox

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 17:38:43 JST Aral Balkan

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     @metin If moving to Firefox, make sure to disable all of Firefox’s own (violation of) privacy defaults like telemetry and experiments and change your search engine to DuckDuckGo. Also, don’t accidentally click yes when asked to revert to the defaults if you launch the browser after a period of not using it.

     Although not open source, I can also recommend Vivaldi as an alternative.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 19:53:18 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Hagarashi8

     @hagarashi8 @metin No, it’s not:

     https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/

   • Hagarashi8 (hagarashi8@allthingstech.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 19:53:19 JST Hagarashi8

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @metin
     Vivaldi is open source.

     https://vivaldi.com/source

     And offers best user experience out of all browsers.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:32:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Hagarashi8

     @hagarashi8 @metin Indeed :)

   • Hagarashi8 (hagarashi8@allthingstech.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:32:36 JST Hagarashi8

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @metin
     Thanks for telling me this. If I understand it correctly, UI layer is proprietary and everything else is open? Well, that's not as bad, and it's still the best browser(in my opinion), but good to know.

   • Metin Seven 🎨 (metin@graphics.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:33:24 JST Metin Seven 🎨

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     • Aral Balkan
     • Hagarashi8

     @hagarashi8 @aral Thanks, but I read that it's Chromium-based.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Hagarashi8 (hagarashi8@allthingstech.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:33:52 JST Hagarashi8

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     • Aral Balkan

     @metin @aral It is, but I don't think it's actually a problem. They have no plans for abandoning Manifest V2, they even explicitly said they won't do it. Even more, they have built in ad blocker. They didn't do any decisions as shady as Mozilla did, and overall it's easily best browser in terms of features, experience and interface. Also, no AI.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:34:03 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Hagarashi8

     @metin @hagarashi8 Been using it as my default browser for a while now. Speed hasn’t been an issue for me at least.

   • Metin Seven 🎨 (metin@graphics.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Aug-2024 21:34:04 JST Metin Seven 🎨

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     • Aral Balkan
     • Hagarashi8

     @hagarashi8 @aral Sounds good, thanks. What about speed? I've noticed that Firefox is noticeably snappier compared to Chromium-based browsers (I've used Chrome, Edge and Brave).