Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private by default

Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by fenwick67 on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:02AM (#22464476)

Perfect is the enemy of good. Firefox is pushing the Overton window in the right direction, which is good enough for me. Some of your complaints are legitimate but that doesn't mean Firefox isn't the best option for most people right now.

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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by dependenttypes on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:32AM (#22464701)

Certainly, I am using firefox as well right now, but this does not mean that we should give up in our objective to privacy and just trust mozilla.

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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by jshevek on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:56AM (#22466146)

If your main concern is privacy, Firefox is not the best browser for most people right now:

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/browser_privacy.pdf

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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by fenwick67 on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:35PM (#22466595)

Brave's integrated ponzi scheme (magic Brave dollars) and fundamental dependency on Google's Chromium make it a no-go for me.

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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by jshevek on Monday March 02, 2020 @12:47PM (#22466755)

>Brave's integrated ponzi scheme (magic Brave dollars)

"Ponzi" and "magic" are not descriptors one would use if discussing this [objectively].

Fortunately, BAT is opt in, and you can get all of the superior privacy benefits of Brave without BAT playing any role in your browser experience.

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Re:Firefox is showing the way back to a world that’s private... by fenwick67 on Monday March 02, 2020 @01:17PM (#22467087)

I appreciate your point about BAT being opt-in. Maybe the language is a bit inflammatory for HN standards, but BAT has always seemed crummy to me.

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