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Re:Firefox 90 by twelvechairs on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:33PM (#27828495)
So whats the better, more ethical alternative? Certainly not Chrome
Re:Firefox 90 by atatatat on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @10:08PM (#27828756)
Edge
Re:Firefox 90 by benrbray on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:58PM (#27829566)
I was really rooting for Edge back before they switched to Chromium. Now it's just worse Chrome. I do use it as my default PDF viewer though as I don't know of any other free tool for linux that lets you annotate PDFs. (there's Master PDF but it's a bit overkill when I just want some multicolored highlighters.)
Re:Firefox 90 by atatatat on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:22AM (#27829699)
Security-wise, it's far better Chrome.

Privacy score really depends on your views on MS/Google/Mozilla. Firefox is taaaaalkative.

Re:Firefox 90 by alessivs on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:34AM (#27829762)
> I don't know of any other free tool for linux that lets you annotate PDFs ...snip... some multicolored highlighters

xournalpp, okular.

Re:Firefox 90 by shadilay on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:41PM (#27828559)
Servo
Re:Firefox 90 by int_19h on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:07AM (#27829614)
Vivaldi.
Re:Firefox 90 by simondotau on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @12:57AM (#27829858)
That's still Chromium. I care more about avoiding a browser monoculture than I care about dick-measuring the corporate ethics of the three remaining companies which actually maintain actual browser engines.

People might hate Safari but with Firefox slowly retreating into obscurity, Safari looks to be the final vanguard against a total Chromium monoculture. Yet many on HN absolutely abhor Safari because it doesn't currently support some bleeding edge feature which end users probably don't care about.

Re:Firefox 90 by Siira on Thursday July 15, 2021 @03:43PM (#27849180)
Safari is holding mobile apps back. I prefer a monoculture to Chrome+Safari.
Re:Firefox 90 by Teever on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @02:28AM (#27830278)
Which platforms is Safari available for?
Re:Firefox 90 by simondotau on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:19AM (#27830535)
Platform availability isn't the operative metric when concerned about browser monoculture. The only metric of concern is browser market share. Safari represents approximately 20 percent of browsers.