Repeat after me: if #Firefox stops being maintained, #LibreWolf is not a viable long-term alternative (nor is any other Firefox-based web browser).
from zacchiro@mastodon.xyz to firefox@fedia.io on 28 Feb 2025 17:46
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Repeat after me: if #Firefox stops being maintained, #LibreWolf is not a viable long-term alternative (nor is any other Firefox-based web browser).

#firefox #librewolf

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kta@hostux.social on 28 Feb 2025 21:06 next collapse

@zacchiro what if we just let Mozilla Foundation go and focus the money left over on infrastructure and actual development of the Firefox browser instead of administrivia? It feels like there are a lot of irons in the fire to make Mozilla Foundation relevant -- chatbots, relay, pocket, VPN? Things that we don't actually want. We really just want a fast browser, small memory footprint, clean UI, advocacy for open standards on the web.

t1ra@mastodon.social on 28 Feb 2025 21:30 next collapse

@zacchiro what if we switched to something like the Tor browser or DuckDuckGo?

sashin@veganism.social on 28 Feb 2025 22:04 next collapse

@zacchiro Could it become a hard fork?

sgtpepere@ludosphere.fr on 28 Feb 2025 22:26 next collapse

@zacchiro
Why ?
@Zekovski

hyde@lazybear.social on 01 Mar 2025 00:05 next collapse

@zacchiro except if a group of volunteers keep pushing forward the development

yourgenar@mastodon.top on 01 Mar 2025 10:45 collapse

@zacchiro
Hello, I found that Phoenix approach with conf files to change Firefox behavior is interesting (there is arkenfox, too). It's not a fork, you do use firefox, but with better privacy settings. And you don't wait for releases.
https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix

On android it's packaged as ironfox and works as well, and a «spiritual» legacy of Divested Mull browser as I understand it
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

#firefox #mull #Poenix #ironfox #browser