Anon doesn't like any web browsers

Does Firefox break for people? I've used it solidly for years without a reinstall.

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Same here, but I imagine there are vastly different usage pattens. Maybe Firefox doesn't support some that well. I couldn't use any other browser though.

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I've used both the normal and nightly builds and have never had an issue beyond nightly just crashing and closing like twice years ago and I was still able to open it with all my tabs intact.

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Same here (Windows, Android and Linux)

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Idk how you use Firefox wrong but anon here is doing it. Got mine loaded with add-ons n shit never had an issue in years. Imagine actually using brave.

The problem is chromium dominance (edge and chrome mostly) as it makes other browsers vulnerable to the noncompetitive web standard changes that google likes.

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Imagine still using Brave in current year.

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Brendan Eich is a piece of shit

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Show me another browser that can fully pass the EFF's and other privacy tests, and I will switch.

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- Never heard of that before so just tried it with Fennec (Firefox fork) and got this result:
  
  Then downloaded Brave and got this result:
  
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- Librewolf + arkenfox user.js maximum security profile will pass EFF and about every other test you could think of. The real problem is that security comes with cost to convinence. Multi session cookies and site history suck for security but are really convinent tools for browsing the modern internet.
  
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I don't know what they mean about firefox breaking, unless they are on the nightly stream. I don't recommend being on nightlies if stability is important to you.

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I have been using Nightly on Android and Windows for years now and even that doesn't break. I probably had minor bugs from time to time but so few I don't even remember any specifically. But I do agree with you of course. On my work laptop I also use stable, just in case.

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- Same, I've had it crash like twice years ago and didn't even lose my tabs. Everything was fine.
  
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Anon works in Brave's marketing department

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Didn't get Firefox problem, complete refresh? Like close it and opening it again?

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Anon's baiting the audience of browsers I've not even heard of. I've googled SigmaOS and still unsure wtf is that, some coupling of productivity app and a browser that paints itself as the whole OS for all working needs, with one window\tab and a $10 subscription, exclusive to Macs, and is unironically called Sigma? I mean, it sounds even more niche than our favorite Firefox forks, folks. I'd not bite, but it was a pretty interesting dive. Thanks, anon.

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I wouldn't use Brave if you paid me, but yes, browsers are all pretty shitty RN.

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Curious, what are the issues with Brave?

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- https://www.kevinmuldoon.com/do-not-use-brave-browser/
  
  Not to even mention shoving crypto in there for no good reason, spiking worldwide energy usage with its mere existence.
  
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I haven't had any issues with Librewolf breaking

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No one has mentioned Vivaldi yet. I haven't found it slow in the years I've used it. It does hog memory with the amount of tabs I open, but no more than any other browser I've used. Fortunately it has inactive tab suspenders as an option to help with my bad habits (natively now, and through chrome extensions before that). Also, it is undoubtedly the most visually customizable browser I know, so it being ugly is really you making the sandwich.

If this was just bait, I guess it got me. If not, anon could try Tor if they value privacy, or maybe something minimalist if they really care about performance.

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Tor is already technically mentioned in anon's post, as a fork of firefox, technically.

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- Oh, today I learned!
  
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Literally my only gripe with Firefox is that the mobile version on Android frequently plays html5 Videos very choppy and you have to reload the page to get normal fps. Apart from that it's the obvious, good choice.

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Vivaldi has some closed source components to it, so that makes it a "pass" for a lot of us that are more privacy focused. But in performance and features Vivaldi is certainly a good chromium based browser - it's just not one I choose for myself.

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I also struggle with browsers :\ It seems like every one is just a different shade of dogshit but Firefox is still my daily driver and I have few issues with it so idk what the guy in image is on about. Brave is overrated

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Why nobody mentions ungoogled-chromium?

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Well in many respects, no Chromium based browser can be ungoogled, it's literally Google's project.

https://superuser.com/questions/1321313/what-is-the-difference-between-google-chrome-and-chronium#1321315

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WebKit is cross platform, The only reason those browsers are platform-locked is because the devs wanted them to be.

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I mean, I actually relate to this.

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Ok so I have been using Waterfox and Brave for some time, switching between them to decide which I like more.

On one hand, I am a little worried about all the stuff people bring out about Brave and really want to switch to WF. But on the other hand, WF seems really slow compared to brave and PiP just lags my whole system sometimes, even if I turn HW acceleration for video rendering, somehow WF (and all FF forks I have tried) hogs my GPU and my whole OS stutters here nad there when playing PiP videos.

I am on linux, have relatively beefy PC with 64gb ram, RTX 3060 and few years old CPU. Has anyone faced this issue and fixed it somehow or is the video rendering in FF just that bad?

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