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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.
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