Alright, trying to leave both Chrome and Firefox at the same time is difficult, especially because I always use multiple browsers at the same time (to separate accounts for this or that without having to switch accounts constantly). My current browser number three is Opera and so far, I’m not touching it (we’ll see in the future).

My questions are basically: are LibreWolf and Vivaldi viable replacements as main browsers?

My main concerns are whether LibreWolf is mature enough and if both allow syncing between different devices (as I regularly use three computers).

Any constructive feedback is welcome.

(suggesting me to use that another browser I haven’t mentioning without explaining why in detail is not constructive feedback, thank you)

#internet #browsers #webbrowser #Chrome #Firefox #LibreWolf #Vivaldi

  • can
    7·
    3 days ago

    Firefox forks just simply don’t have the manpower to update as rapidly as browsers need updating on the web today.

    In what way? I switched to LibreWolf a few months ago and haven’t noticed anything. But admittedly I’m not asking much of it.

    • kitnaht@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      Say there’s a Zero-day exploit that gets found. LibreWolf is going to rely on Firefox to patch it, they aren’t going to have the resources and manpower to patch it themselves. That means they will always be behind.

      Forks of the main project almost always lag behind the main project unless they somehow spin off and put more money/manpower into the project than the original author; and LibreWolf sure isn’t doing that.

      Additionally, depending on how they plan to operate - their fork could slowly drift away from the original firefox fork, meaning more and more of their codebase has to be maintained by their team with respect to security. This means more potential for their own unique security flaws.

      Mozilla/Firefox isn’t selling your data. This habit of Lemmy users to freak out and jump ship over every little thing is just silly.