So they can send your data to Microsoft instead of both.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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I wish Firefox would do this. I'm stubbornly always favoring it for a non-Chromium browser
Have you tried Obtanium? Allows to download and update from github, among other sources. There's even a site with source configs that's very helpful, and includes firefox.
https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/
Alternatively, Fennec is basically firefox and it's on f-droid.
There are tons of Firefox forks there?
Support from the primary source of development is what I'd prefer. That's where the money is. Mozilla is the only one that could actually have a sizable marketing budget along with employing dozens to hundreds of software developers
They are soft forks not hard forks
They base on upstream
All of those forks get support from the primary source of development. Do you know what a fork is?
Is your first instinct talking to people is to be a dick? Forks pull changes downstream and hopefully push changes upstream but if you want to see either the core Firefox web browser engine or F-Droid reach more popularity, you need Mozilla support so I would rather support Mozilla directly than any fork
I'm not being a dick, I am trying to help you.
My bad if I took your words the wrong way. I gave my answer for why I prefer to use the primary application, because of funding, and your response to me sounded like dismissive condescension. You may not have meant condescension but it reads like dismissive condescension to me like I've heard plenty of whether in or out of the software industry or academia
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Brave's a bunch of marketing/advertising driven crypto"currency" i.e., pyramid scheme peddlers desperate for greater fools.
β³ βKill yourself.β βBill Hicks.
On a computer either use uBlock Origin-included LibreWolf for stability and privacy, Zen browser for power users, and on Android one can use Fennec; all of them Firefox derivatives.
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βοΈ arscyni.cc: modernity β nature.
Good for them
i used Vivaldi because it's good & has built in adblocker/tracker blocker that i can customize the hell out of it with tons of custom filter
It is also proprietary
That is great. Been using Brave for years.
Thanks for the F-Droid
-Dirty Mike and the boys