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Re: Helium Browser

#32

Post by lunarcave »

In the "choose a default search engine" page, it has a slightly amusing summary for each.

> Google

> Your personal data fuels its monopoly. Market-dominant due to anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices.

> Qwant

> Based in Europe. Uses Bing results. Sends tracking data to Microsoft.

> DuckDuckGo

> Privacy-focused. Relies on Bing results but never tracks or profiles you.

> Ecosia

> May plant trees for clicking ads. Relies on Bing and Google. Sends tracking data to Microsoft and Google.

> Microsoft Bing

> Collects extensive personal data. Privacy controls are buried and limited. Subjectively overwhelming UI.

> Kagi

> Privacy-focused. Customizable results without ads or tracking. Requires a paid account.

Re: Helium Browser

#33

Post by DHolzer »

ayaros wrote: post #17

Why did anyone think it was a good idea to put tabs in the title bar. How the hell am I supposed to easily drag a window if I have 100 tabs open? Who the hell thought this was a good idea? Why do I feel like the only sane human being left on Earth? Why is this project continuing to use this horrible UI convention? How are they going to make money or enshittify this in the future or sell it off to an evil billion doll…

I would hate to have a 40px title bar doing nothing except wasting space on my screen. I've been using this layout for years, and I didn't even consider that anyone could have an issue with this until I read your statement.

I'm not saying that you are wrong to disregard it due to your personal preferences, but please consider that this might not be such a horrible design as you make it out to be. Also, you can be certain that you are not the only sane person left - I think it's just that most of them don't show up on boards and forums.

Re: Helium Browser

#36

Post by DauntingPear7 »

nextworddev wrote: post #22
haolez wrote: post #2

What's the catch? Looks too good to be true.

It’s playing the Browser Company playbook

Highly doubt that, as they’re already known in the OSS community. Browser Co. expanded as fast as possible without any way to make revenue, then ditched their flagship product to make a bad agentic browser

Re: Helium Browser

#38

Post by maineagetter »

lunarcave wrote: post #32

In the "choose a default search engine" page, it has a slightly amusing summary for each. > Google > Your personal data fuels its monopoly. Market-dominant due to anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices. > Qwant > Based in Europe. Uses Bing results. Sends tracking data to Microsoft. > DuckDuckGo > Privacy-focused. Relies on Bing results but never tracks or profiles you. > Ecosia > May plant trees for clicking ad…

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Re: Helium Browser

#40

Post by nextworddev »

DauntingPear7 wrote: post #36
nextworddev wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s playing the Browser Company playbook

Highly doubt that, as they’re already known in the OSS community. Browser Co. expanded as fast as possible without any way to make revenue, then ditched their flagship product to make a bad agentic browser

One way to expand even faster is to put out a quasi OSS
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