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Nice try Google (compuverse.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I use Firefox because it doesn't steal my data OR lie to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And foxes are cool animals 🦊 Way cooler than whatever a chrome is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox is actually a red panda. Which frankly are even cooler than foxes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

https://support.mozilla.org/nl/questions/988854

philipp Moderator

the name "firefox" comes from the red panda & the icon apparently from a fox, so you're both right in a way. a little bit of ambiguity and people discussing the brand of the browser seems to be quite a likeable thing to maintain ;-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Chrome plating (less commonly chromium plating) is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object. A chrome plated part is called chrome, or is said to have been chromed.

Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Waterfox because Firefox actually does steal my data but Waterfox doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest questions: what data does Firefox steal and why Waterfox over others like Librewolf?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Firefox has telementary on by default which you can easily disable in settings.
And imo waterfox is worse than Librewolf as it was sold to system1, a advertisment company

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use multiple browsers to contain work and not work footprints.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you didn't know, firefox has 'containers' where you can open a tab in, for example, a 'work' container and it won't carry the cookies over. Lets you log into multiple accounts on 1 browser (like personal email & work email etc).

Doesn't have seperate history though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I learned about containers less than year ago and kicked myself for not learning about them sooner. Containers in Firefox truly are a godsend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Actually there’s one better - if you go to about:profiles in the URL bar you can make a new profile that is COMPLETELY separate, including history. Only annoying thing is that you have to go there every time you want to open a window in a profile other than the default

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You're lying to yourself if you think Mozzarella Foxfire doesn't have telemetry. I'd recommend Waterfox if you're wanting no telemetry