I love DuckDuckGo, cannot wait until they create a E-Mail service, to stop using GMail.
I am really happy with DuckDuckGo's Internet Browser,

When it up came up to my Computer Software Industry manager brother's attention, his response is that it must be Chrome based. Implying it is not as good as I imagine in preventing data collecting & Etc., because it is based through Chrome. I just trusted DuckDuckGo, being a long time user of their services, is not just working through Chrome & allowing data collection & Etc., that DuckDuckGo has made it's services to be against.

Two-Off Topic of this thread-question, Why, under 'Browsers List's 'Open Source browsers, is DuckDuckGo not listed or listed any where?
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Why, under 'Browsers List's 'Closed Source browsers, is Chrome not recommended? I do not disagree, I hate it & I know why I would not recommend Chrome, but I am wondering why not recommended by forum creator? Very publicly, You would think it would make this forum unpopular, given Microsoft & Chromes popularity.

Atleast can it click the skip button on it's own

I watch videos on x1.5 but sometimes it sounds like chimpunks . ARe there tools to clean it up ?

AI says these methods are aviable -

1. Built-in UI (Tampermonkey / Violentmonkey)

1.1 Menu commands (most common)

Appears when click userscript icon. Use cases -

Enable / disable features Switch modes (simple vs advanced) Reset stored settings

Pros- Zero HTML/CSS Clean, native Very stable

Cons - Not visible inside the page No rich UI

1.2 Notifications - Good for feedback, not control.

jsCopy codeGM_notification({ title: "Amazon Cleaner", text: "Title cleaned", timeout: 2000 });

2. Page-embedded UI (most powerful)

2.1 Floating panel / overlay (recommended) You inject your own HTML + CSS into the page.

Use cases- Live toggles Filters Debug info Power-user controls

Pros- Full control Interactive Can store state via GM_setValue

Cons- Must handle CSS conflicts Needs cleanup logic

2.2 Inline UI (inject near page content) Example: add buttons . This requires DOM-aware logic per site.

3. Persistent settings (UI + storage)

Tampermonkey gives you storage:

Combine with: Menu commands Checkboxes Dropdowns

This gives you real app-like behavior.

4. Advanced UI (SPA-like)

Inject React / Vue Load external CSS Build full dashboards

Trade-offs: Heavier, CSP may block external scripts, Overkill unless necessary

I sometimes open many tabs together and that slow the browser

is there any extension that load tabs sequntially

or only load text and not image until clicked ?

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/multi-find-search-and-hig/dffaiikpbncahnghlfnkhagffaemhgfo but FOSS

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/d

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Along with regular search

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Firefox focus scored the highest, but lacks basic functionality tools like tabs or enabling your Mozilla account. It also has google s the default search engine, but that can be changed.

I just did this because I was curious and decided it was worth neglecting my normal adult responsibilities for.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41426958

Brave is essentially just Chrome with an adblocker, a bunch of bloatware, and a bunch of controversies.

Brave took BAT donations in YouTuber's names without their consent, with them keeping the money if the YouTubers didn't claim it. https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/

Brave's search engine crawler hides itself from websites by pretending to be Googlebot, and Meta (Facebook) buys API access from them to train their AI. https://stackdiary.com/brave-selling-copyrighted-data-for-ai-training/

The business model of Brave rewards as a whole is to block all other ad networks to replace them with their own, which is unfair as only YouTubers and websites that have joined can make money from most Brave users.

If Brave actually cared, they would create an acceptable ads style feature which was free for everyone and allowed simple contextual banners while blocking ads which track you, take up most of the page, or have NSFW content.

Their approach is monopolistic as they have full control and can strangle YouTubers and websites by dropping pay at any time.

And Brenden Eich has said on Twitter that he plans to release "Brave Origin", which is a paid version of Brave without the bloatware. That name is ironic as he is admitting that his browser is commercialised and bloated, which is similar to when gorhill gave uBlock way to Chris Aljoudi who commercialised it, which led him to create uBlock Origin.

If you use Brave, ditch it and look at using Librewolf or Helium instead, which both include no ads nor tracking and don't have Brave News, Rewards, Wallet, Talk etc bloatware.

Where is it stored ? In un googled chromium.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41289659

Vivaldi's main revenue stream is affiliate links, and I respect that.

However Vivaldi doesn't just add affiliate links as bookmarks, Vivaldi also includes a "Direct Match" feature which adds affiliate links automatically when you search for a website.

Vivaldi also has an "Allow ads from our partners" ad blocker list turned on by default, which disables the ad blocker on sites that have paid them to do that.

The former is a tactic that Brave browser used to use, and the latter is one that Adblock Plus has used for years.

However, the problem with these features is that it is not disclosed to the user that they are enabled by default, and they are opt-out, not opt-in.

It would be more transparent if these features were disabled by default, then after visiting your first few websites, Vivaldi shows a pop-up like this:

Would you like to support Vivaldi for free?

If so, turning on Direct Match and allowing ads from our partners (which are all unintrusive) helps support us at no cost to you.

[ ] Enable Direct Match

[ ] Allow ads from our partners

[Got it]

Hello. I am a Firefox user, and everyone I know tells me that using Firefox on Android is not secure. What are they basing this claim on? I have tried using Chrome, but I always go back to Firefox because it is the only open-source browser that allows me to pin favourites to the home page and because the display of websites adapts very well to the chosen size. Which FOSS browser derived from Chromium allows you to choose your favourite websites on the home page?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40386879

Mozilla is making it clear that they do not care about users any more.

Firefox is full of ads, with ads being in the homepage shortcuts, the news feed and the omnibox dropdown, as well as various ads for Mozilla services throughout the UI. Their ad network is also marketed to companies as allowing them to reach adblocker users.

Mozilla’s 210M+ global users are typically hard to reach. They're usually hidden behind ad blockers, nearly half avoid dominant social media, and most say no to default platforms. They’re selective, tech savvy, and paying attention. From: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising/

Firefox is also full of tracking, with their mobile app sending data to the tracking company Adjust, and it having options for "personalised extension recommendations" and "Install and run studies". The latter allows them to install what they want into your browser without your consent out of the box.

Their tracking protection also mostly works only in private / incognito mode by default, with tracking scripts being allowed to run in standard windows with just isolated cookies protecting you, which is not a decision that a company who actually cares about privacy would make.

Mozilla is also partnering with Perplexity, an AI search engine who wants to collect as much data as possible even outside of their app to sell "hyper personalized" ads, which is exactly who you shouldn't work with if you claim to care about privacy. From: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/

I recommend switching to Librewolf as it takes Firefox and removes this bullshit. Some other alternatives like Brave are just as bad.

I'm already pretty happy with LibreWolf (Firefox fork), Dillo, and Alhena for my everyday browsing, but i like to have a handful of extras on hand for testing my own website and making sure it displays ok in at least the popular browser engines.

So what are some small browsers for each of these engines? Just something for testing my CSS ideally without using too much of my computer's storage.

Natsumi is a really great UI for Firefox-based browsers (excluding zen). It has a similar UI to Arc and Zen but is far more open and customizable than both Arc and Zen, and is really stable as well. While it does run on top of existing browsers, it adds a lot of actual useful features, and not only what arc provided. I love that it's getting frequent updates and unlike zen it doesn't break every other time it gets updated. It's a really great project and I highly recommend checking it out.

https://github.com/greeeen-dev/natsumi-browser

I'm using Iceraven and I'm wondering what others extensions are useful beside ublock origins. Thinking about privacy and utility

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/53891687

Hello guys, today I wanted to talk about a project I deeply care about and I'm actively contributing to, as I believe its good for everyone, including privacy concerned users

Ladybird Browser

This browser comes from the project "SerenityOS", and has since evolved and separated from it. The founders are Andreas Kling, and Chris Wanstrath. The main goal of this project is to create a browser from scratch, avoiding chromium, gecko, etc. The main keypoints that should be of interest for Privacy Oriented Users are the following:

• Ladybird lead (Andreas Kling) states "We're not monetizing users, in any way. This is uncharted territory for browsers. So we're not going to do any default search deals. We're not going to do cryptocurrencies or try to monetize user data, just sponsorships and donations"

• While** Ladybird will implement current web standards including cookie handling and tracking mechanisms for compatibility**, the browser's philosophy puts the user in control of these decisions, not the company. The browser won't have built-in incentives to encourage data collection since it doesn't profit from it.

• It aims to be "free from advertising's influence" Ladybird, representing a shift away from the current web ecosystem where users like us are the product. This allows the project to implement privacy features without worrying about harming advertising partners or revenue streams.

As of now, the project has hired several developers with money coming from donations, from partners such as FUTO, Shopify, Cloudflare, among many, and is also seeing lots of volunteer activity on github. So well, if you like the web having more diversity and us having another alternative to google, check them out https://ladybird.org/

Would someone please recommend me another chromium based open source browser with fingerprint and crosswebsite cookies and tracking protection, in which I could install uBO, that works on PC and Android (and syncs between), that can make webapps, and it's not maintained by 1 or 2 guys? I would happilly switch from brave to get rid of the bloat!