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+title = "Looking for a new web browser"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-06-21T14:46:00+02:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+abstract = "Leaving Mozilla"
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+For years,I've been saying "just use Firefox" like it was my personal mantra.
+I used Mozilla (back when it was a browser's name), then I moved to Firefox.
+After that, like everyone, I jumped to Chrome.
+In time however, Google changed.
+I've seen them as a vital part of the web, but now they became the _enemy_.
+They infested the web with surveillance based ad network.
+
+Firefox _was_ the alternative.
+It _was_ the good browser, developed by a great organization.
+
+But this also changed.
+_Mozilla_ is not the good guy anymore.
+The organization seems [rotten to the core](https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5765292/mozilla-sued-for-discrimination-by-former-ceo-to-be).
+They are investing in AI, and just recently they even bought [an ad broker](https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/18/mozilla_buys_anonym_betting_privacy/).
+All this wile [their CEO pay skyrockets.](https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5053290/mozilla-2023-annual-report-ceo-pay-skyrockets-while-firefox-marketshare-nosedives)
+
+Firefox is still a great browers.
+It requires a lot of tinkering to disable all the tracking, but it's nothing compared to Chrome.
+**Still**.
+
+But looking at this from higher perspective, I can not support wider Mozilla.
+Promoting _Firefox_ is promoting the Mozilla Board - and this not something that I can continue with clear consciousness.
+
+This forces me to look for a new browser.
+
+There are ready forks of _Firefox_ (like _Librewolf_) and _Chrome_.
+All of them seem like a better alternative, but I also despise the homogeneity of web browner engines.
+_Chromium_ is **owned** by Google, as Google sponsors most of the work there.
+A for-profit company having significant stake in making the web worse?
+Nope.
+This removes most of the alternatives.
+
+However, My interest peaks at the _real_ alternatives:
+
+-   [Nyxt](https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/), because of LISP
+-   [Ladybird](https://ladybird.dev/), as it's a rebel ship in the corporate infested wasteland
+-   [Dillo](https://dillo-browser.github.io/), because of the same reasons as the above.
+
+The last two develop their own rendering engines, which have my full moral support.
+But it also means that they are not viable as _primary_ browser.
+And as for secondary I already use [Emacs Web Browser](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eww.html), because of course I do.
+
+I will start using _Nyxt_ when binaries are ready to `pkg install` on FreeBSD, but for now?
+For now, I have a tough decision to make.