If you're finally ready to leave Chrome behind, these are my top recommendations and when to use them.

The title is err, not correct because the top 2 alternatives Opera and Arc are based on Chromium engine. I have seen tons of people swear by Arc, but I am seriously asking (since as a Linux user I can’t use it), how much good can a browser be in this day and age if ultimately it’s ad blocking breaks and it will since Manifest v2 will go soon(unless Arc folks have a solution for it)

The rest alternatives are Firefox, Zen (FF fork but honestly Atleast this was something new I learned from this article) and Tor (which is weird since it is not meant for normal web browsing and using it will not only be slow but put additional strain on the nodes, correct me if I am wrong).

  • stochastictrebuchet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    104·
    3 days ago

    Gotta say, it’s kind of a bummer to be downvoted for sharing my own experience. Are those ‘disagree’ or ‘doesn’t contribute to discussion’ votes?

    • Engywook@lemm.eeEnglish
      64·
      2 days ago

      I’ll link an unpopular opinion I posted yesterday: https://lemm.ee/post/59167603

      My own comment has been: “Don’t you dare to have opinions that don’t align with mainstream thinking here”.

      Here either you praise Mozilla/Firefox/Gecko or you are insulted and treated like a pest. And that’s a deterrent for me to even look at Mozilla/Firefox/Gecko. I prefer not to be part of that community.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        And that’s a deterrent for me to even look at Mozilla/Firefox/Gecko. I prefer not to be part of that community.

        That’s a very childish mentality. You don’t have to be part of a community. It’s just a browser.

        • Engywook@lemm.eeEnglish
          17·
          2 days ago

          Let me rephrase it, then: I prefer not to give market share or voice to Mozilla and their shitty community. I consider FF a mediocre browser anyway.

          And I didn’t insult you, so you can shove that “childish” elsewhere.

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            I didn’t see it as an insult… The mindset of, “I don’t like the people who like x, so I won’t even try x before trashing it,” is objectively childish.

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
      32·
      2 days ago

      They’re “how dare you tout a chromium browser” votes. The FF circlejerk is and has been crazy for a while now

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        It’s not crazy. Google is doing the damndest to destroy the internet as we know it and using those browsers makes you complicit in that destruction.