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Re: Orion Browser

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Post by saagarjha »

selfawareMammal wrote: post #38
COGlory wrote: post #35

I pay for Kagi. I'd also pay for Orion if it were on Linux. It doesn't even need to be good, I'd still pay for it.

I'm not good, would you like to pay me? I won't stop you

If you’re going to sell yourself you should at least get a better advertising campaign (or madam).

Re: Orion Browser

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Post by yunwal »

ziml77 wrote: post #53

The native tree-style tabs in Orion (yes, actual tree-style, not just vertical) are awesome. And on my M1 MBP Orion handily beats Firefox in power efficiency. Being able to install Chrome extensions, despite being a Webkit based browser, makes it better than Safari (where people have to pay the Apple Tax to make extensions for it). Really there's only 2 issues I have with Orion: 1. It's not available outside of the A…

The mobile version is also super buggy. Frequently when I’m using it it just turns half-black and I can’t see the page. Really love the desktop version though

Re: Orion Browser

#75

Post by freediver »

zagrebian wrote: post #67
freediver wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First party ads (and trackers) are those originating from the same domain as they are on. Orion blocks those by default, Brave does not. https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/as0tf0/why_a...

If facebook.com loads ads from fbcdn.net (also owned by Facebook), is the ad first or third party?

Doesn't matter if you use Orion, it blocks them all.

Re: Orion Browser

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Post by Eleison23 »

freediver wrote: post #69
karmakaze wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For something as important as a web browser or operating system, I'd want it to be open source. In the FAQ it does say that they're opensourcing components and plan to opensource the browser eventually. This is all good. Long term though, I'd want it also to run on opensource operating systems. It doesn't exactly make sense to have an opensource browser on a closed source operating system. I use Firefox on macOS (+ L…

Arguably it does not need to be open source if it is zero-telemetry by default (if privacy is concern). Reference: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#ossprivacy

First of all, "free and open source" as in libre, does not necessarily mean "free as in beer". You are perfectly free to pay for FOSS and FOSS makers are free to charge for it. Is that clear?

Second, "FOSS = safe" from a privacy perspective is not nearly the reason you want FOSS. You want a FOSS browser for many, many reasons that are above and beyond privacy assurances.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Re: Orion Browser

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Post by shmoe »

COGlory wrote: post #35

I pay for Kagi. I'd also pay for Orion if it were on Linux. It doesn't even need to be good, I'd still pay for it.

Man I really want to but $10 a month seems like such alot for search..

Re: Orion Browser

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Post by rtev »

ziml77 wrote: post #53

The native tree-style tabs in Orion (yes, actual tree-style, not just vertical) are awesome. And on my M1 MBP Orion handily beats Firefox in power efficiency. Being able to install Chrome extensions, despite being a Webkit based browser, makes it better than Safari (where people have to pay the Apple Tax to make extensions for it). Really there's only 2 issues I have with Orion: 1. It's not available outside of the A…

Much of the risk associated with password managers is only applicable when using the browser extensions. I know it’s a minor inconvenience, but I would advise sticking with the lack of extension.
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