Asking after the privacy debacle and manifest. I'm not keeping up closely, but iirc Firefox is the browser recommended because of Ublock. After the privacy data issue I've noticed broken trust from Firefox users, recommendations in favor of switching browsers, and predictions saying Firefox is going downhill fast and that their forks won't be maintained for much longer.

So I'm here asking the seasoned sailors' thoughts, aye. Is this just a storm passing by or are you really considering jumping ship?

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Linux can be developed, then a public fork run the same way for browser can too. It’s possible just no interest yet.

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A huge chunk of Linux development is subsidized by the hundreds of corporations which depend on it and pay developers to maintain things. There is no corporate interest in developing and/or maintaining an alternative browser engine when chromium already exists and dominates the market.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea I thought of that and have no real answer. But should that be solved, without advertising income, it would change everything

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

It would be amazing of course, and my entire attitude towards Firefox would change overnight if we had that kind of guaranteed security. At the moment I just look at it as the best least-worst option for the short to medium term future. I recently learned about Ladybird but that is still a fair way off, so for now my priority is to continue supporting Firefox and trying to avoid a future where Google has theoretical control over everything.