I guess this solves the debate over whether Chromium browsers can be trusted. For those unaware the "upgrade" from MV2 to MV3 massively reduced the capabilities of browser extensions, degrading some and completely destroying others. This was mainly done to neuter ad blockers because they got in the way of Google's business model which is degrading your user experience and security so they can steal your data.
Brave says they disagree with the change but they don't have the resources to maintain MV2. They are maintaining a select few MV2 extensions which means they're probably fine for a relatively normie friendly privacy setup. It's a deal breaker for me though. If Google can do this to Brave there's all kinds of other bad things they can do. I don't trust any Chromium based browser at this point, and in any case there's one MV2 extension I use that Brave doesn't support. I guess I'll change to Firefox and maybe try some forks. I'm open to suggestions. I was actually watching a video about the Ladybird browser last night. It looks promising but it's not end user ready yet. They're aiming to go live some time this year. That's something to keep an eye on.
I guess this solves the debate over whether Chromium browsers can be trusted. For those unaware the "upgrade" from MV2 to MV3 massively reduced the capabilities of browser extensions, degrading some and completely destroying others. This was mainly done to neuter ad blockers because they got in the way of Google's business model which is degrading your user experience and security so they can steal your data.
Brave says they disagree with the change but they don't have the resources to maintain MV2. They are maintaining a select few MV2 extensions which means they're probably fine for a relatively normie friendly privacy setup. It's a deal breaker for me though. If Google can do this to Brave there's all kinds of other bad things they can do. I don't trust any Chromium based browser at this point, and in any case there's one MV2 extension I use that Brave doesn't support. I guess I'll change to Firefox and maybe try some forks. I'm open to suggestions. I was actually watching a video about the Ladybird browser last night. It looks promising but it's not end user ready yet. They're aiming to go live some time this year. That's something to keep an eye on.
Well guess I’m on the hunt for a new browser too. I have a friend that mentioned switching to Floorp, I may look at that one myself.
As I mentioned above.
Libre Wolf is nice. It is basically Firefox with a few changes.
Firefox trackers removed ( yes, there are trackers in Firefox)
UBlock Origin installed by default.
Pocket, sponsored shortcuts, and Firefox Sync are disabled or removed.
Browser hardening like ArkenFox by default but they do intentionally differ on some areas.
It is the closest thing to a ready to use browser you can find.