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Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by tentacleuno »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #435
bad_user wrote: post #433

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I already answered your question in the post you're replying to.

But that wasn't an objective analysis, that's just your highly opinionated opinion with which I found some flaws in, as in you're wrong about several statements. >Google's Chrome does not do this, and searching on google.com only asks for sharing of data with Google itself. You mean sharing your data with Google THE ad-company which then shares your data to advertisers? How is that any more private? >And in true Micr…

> No it's not, you can change it.

Aside from the big blue Bing button in the user-chrome (and the MS sidebar), and the fact that switching your search engine in Edge involves jumping through a surprising amount of hoops, as opposed to Chrom[ium/e]. I haven't counted the number of steps, but it's definitely more than Chromium-based browsers -- they seem to have intentionally buried it in Settings (it's right at the bottom of one of the pages), and you get a ton of "Bing is great!" messaging when you do finally figure out how to switch it.

P.S. That demo you linked shows an outdated version of Edge.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by oxygen_crisis »

williamdclt wrote: post #486
mrweasel wrote: post #400

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It continues to surprise me that people use the home screen, regardless of it being Firefox or Chrome. New window, new tab, I always set that to a blank page, in my mind that should be the default.

It continues to surprise me that people don't make their "new tab page" useful, it's probably the page you see the most everyday. Make it your own, put your bookmarks in there or whatever is useful (I use https://start.me/ )

I have the Bookmarks toolbar set to "Only show on New Tab," I don't want anything more than that from a new tab screen.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by fyokdrigd »

insanitybit wrote: post #536
fyokdrigd wrote: post #287

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yet huge ux changes between chrome updates are fine? *ponderingfaceemoji

Are there UX changes? I haven't noticed any.

exactly. odd uh.

most firefox changes are actually to copy what chrome is doing.

like removing the search bar and forcing sending everything you type in the address bar to a search engine, having a logged in account in the browser, etc

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by mancerayder »

Am I the only person who is obsessed with Autoplaying media? Ads are one thing, but even a news site or blog that immediately blasts moving pictures greatly bothers me. Very often you hit a small X which then doesn't do its job as an X, instead moving the media into a floating window.

X is the new "open in separate window"

Chrome is vicious when it comes to forcing auto play.

Brave+Turn off Scripts works great.

Turning off scripts helps in many other ways to make the web more readable. Wait, I should emphasize my unique use-case here: in contrast to apparently the vast majority of web users, I actually like reading words, and sometimes the words are a whole page long. When flashy, talky, moving stuff is in between the sentences and words, they become difficult and frustrating to read.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

RunSet wrote: post #564
williamdclt wrote: post #486

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It continues to surprise me that people don't make their "new tab page" useful, it's probably the page you see the most everyday. Make it your own, put your bookmarks in there or whatever is useful (I use https://start.me/ )

Firefox has made it unnecessarily difficult to customize the new tab. You can have it blank or you can have Firefox recommendations. Those are your options. https://i.imgur.com/U13r7pG.png This resembles a dark pattern to push users toward Firefox recommendations, a moneymaker.

You're ignoring the fact that "Firefox Home" itself allows you to customize what it contains. You can remove the recommendations, shortcuts, recent pages, recent bookmarks etc. individually (or strip it all the way down to a search bar).

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by lamontcg »

jacquesm wrote: post #455
Dah00n wrote: post #380

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>to get the EU digital markets update, which lets you uninstall Edge. Again — as a former anti-EU person — I am reminded why I am now pro-EU. While nowhere perfect it is much better than not having an EU and way, way better than the US.

I've come across many anti EU persons and there are some broad categories: - the uninformed, they have no idea about how the EU came about or what it does, but they're against it anyway - the people on the receiving end of the regulations (anti-trust, advertisers, marketeers, bankers, data sellers etc). They have a very good idea about what it does, but it interferes with their preferred way of getting to more cash.…

there's really nothing else to say. nice mic drop.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by kjkjadksj »

bad_user wrote: post #100

I keep seeing Edge mentioned as a worthy alternative, and I just don't get it. First, all Chromium-based browsers will eventually block uBlock Origin for the sole reason that they can't maintain Manifest v2 on their own, and they all rely on Chrome's Web Store anyway. This won't happen immediately because Manifest v2 will probably stick around for longer because of enterprise users, but the writing is on the wall. Th…

Some of the edge features make no sense. I will use it for xbox cloud gaming and it will tell me there are coupons available for the xbox cloud gaming website (there aren’t, its through game pass a flat monthly rate).

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by kjkjadksj »

insanitybit wrote: post #281
mariusmg wrote: post #184

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Yeah, you're switching browsers not 3D modelling software. It's easy people. Switch to Firefox today.

I don't use 3D modeling software, but I use a browser for like... 95% of my day. Any minor UX differences are going to be like nails on a chalkboard, given that. It's no wonder why people don't want to switch, really.

What like when chrome updates it for you and changed the ux? At least with firefox you have powerful user configurable scripts you can do whatever you like to how things render in the browser. Treestyle tab that fades away when you mouse off of it? Done.

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by kjkjadksj »

vasvae3 wrote: post #212
nomilk wrote: post #73

FWIW I got annoyed with chrome's distracting home screen, and pondered how long it would take for a 10+ year chrome user to switch to firefox. The answer (on macOS) was 5 minutes. I was shocked how easy it was (and, frankly, how similar it was). When you first open firefox, it gives options to import all your chrome settings (including saved passwords etc). Super cool.

You are annoyed with chrome's distracting home screen that shows your most visited sites but you are not annoyed with firefox's distracting home screen that shows your most visited sites plus some ads?

My new tab screen in firefox is a blank white screen

Re: Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs

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Post by kjkjadksj »

abbe98 wrote: post #381
flir wrote: post #308

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You turned them off at some point. To turn them back on: On a new tab, click the cog in the top right. Tick "Sponsored shortcuts". Compared to the Google panopticon... I can live with it.

If you have your new tab set to being blank it might never have shown sponsored shortcuts.

My new tab has been blank for probably over a decade now
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