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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Parptarf@lemm.ee to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I’m looking into Firefox alternatives as I wanna see what’s available. Being Norwegian, Vivaldi seems like a good choice to replace Firefox on desktop and Safari on iOS. Tried it for a night and it works pretty good. I do however have reservations about it being based on Chromium.

How much power does Google actually have over Vivaldi? And would it actually matter for my quest for degoogling myself?

In case anyone’s wondering. I’m also looking into LibreWolf.

Edit: Rewrote the start as people got too hung up on Firefox.

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[–] ideonek@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Whats bad about them? Does it affect Firefox forks like Eaterfox or Midori as well? I'm having good first experience with Midori.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I dunno how it affects forks, but considering Google’s TOS doesn’t seem to affect other Chromium project that much. I doubt it’s a big of a deal for FF forks.

Hel, I’m 99% sure I’m overreacting about Mozilla’s working to begin with. It just made me want to explore alternatives.

Here’s the quote I’m talking about(it has since been changed)

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

[–] ideonek@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Whaaaat? That sounds extremely broad. I need to learn more about it.

[–] Parptarf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

That’s exactly what I thought and granted so did a lot of people too.

Not the end of the world, but made me want to look at alternatives at least.

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