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[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes.

Short term -- I'll probably be moving to LibreWolf, most likely. I'm planning to spend a good chunk of time this weekend reviewing what exactly their fork does. I've read their self-description already -- and like it -- but I want to look through the code and try to build it myself before I start depending on it.

Long term -- I'll be keeping my eye on Servo and Ladybird.

[–] ded@lemy.lol 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Librewolf is not exactly a fork. It is a autoconfig file for firefox (which is a firefox feature). https://codeberg.org/librewolf/settings/raw/branch/master/librewolf.cfg It's not a solution.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

this actually makes me more likely to use it.

[–] ded@lemy.lol 1 points 18 hours ago

I doubt implementation of terms will be optional.

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for the pointer. As I said, I need to spend a good chunk of time reviewing exactly what they've done before I feel confident enough to depend on it. A simple reconfiguration of stock Firefox that I am confident does not phone home is likely good enough for me in the short term.

If you have a better solution though, please let us know what it is.

[–] ded@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

does not phone home

Only blocking will achieve this fully.

What I use is Firefox with config (similar to librewolf) + blocking using privoxy. I've been using this for a long time. However I'm no longer confident this is sufficient.