Falkon browser isn’t a bad choice, there is no ad tracking, There’s block auto playing video function built in. All around a solid privacy respecting browser, compared to Firefox and Chrome.
I abandoned Firefox for Falkon for the last 2 years and hadn’t regretted it.
Every single time someone mentions they abandoned firefox for something “better”, it’s chromium based. Privacy is good, but the most important for me is to avoid monopoly/monoculture.
I get it but, if it’s maintained by a different party then Google, even then there’s going to be some conflict of interest compared to Google’s Chrome and Brave’s Chrome for instance.
But if you would rather use the ai features in Firefox, then have at it. Falkon doesn’t have any mention of ai in it’s settings or features. Nor does it have an ad network. Sometimes you got to look at more then just “it’s based on Cromium.”
It uses qtwebengine, but it does have it’s own ui (making it less like Chrome) and some of its ownfeatures.
But which would you rather have an ai littered browser by default (Firefox), or use Blink.
Considering it’s just a rendering engine, and that the browser has adblocking built in,doesn’t automatically scream to me privacy invading. Unlike in Google Chrome you can even auto clear your browser history on close. The browser itself isn’t based on Chromium, when it first launched it had a different rendering engine.
When I first started using it it was using a different engine. If it’s using Chromium and it scares some of you, then don’t use it. But with Mozilla doing that they are doing now days with ai and ad networks, does it even make a difference now, between using Firefox and Chrome?
I chucked Brave shortly after they decided to install a VPN service on my machine without consent or notification.
A service that silently reinstalled itself on Brave update.
A service that did not remove itself when you uninstall Brave. It took a lot of research and time to rip out the guts of that. I will never trust Brave again.
I think brave should be disregarded as something safe and privacy respecting if they were willing to silently whitelist Facebook trackers in the past. Then there is their whole crypto obsession.
Only problem is that you wouldn’t be able to visit most sites, because Mosaic only supports HTTP 1.0. You could go for Lynx, though. Just remember to disable the cookie support.
Falkon browser isn’t a bad choice, there is no ad tracking, There’s block auto playing video function built in. All around a solid privacy respecting browser, compared to Firefox and Chrome.
I abandoned Firefox for Falkon for the last 2 years and hadn’t regretted it.
Every single time someone mentions they abandoned firefox for something “better”, it’s chromium based. Privacy is good, but the most important for me is to avoid monopoly/monoculture.
I get it but, if it’s maintained by a different party then Google, even then there’s going to be some conflict of interest compared to Google’s Chrome and Brave’s Chrome for instance.
But if you would rather use the ai features in Firefox, then have at it. Falkon doesn’t have any mention of ai in it’s settings or features. Nor does it have an ad network. Sometimes you got to look at more then just “it’s based on Cromium.”
If they control the browser core they control the web, no two ways about it.
Would you say Webkit would be a better browser engine, since Blink was based on Webkit and not the other way around?
Falkon is based on QtWebEngine.
So not Chromium although they may share renderer, but last I heard QtWebEngine was based on Webkit.
-Wikipedia
Which engine does it use?
Probably chromium, haha, so no-go.
-Wikipedia
It uses qtwebengine, but it does have it’s own ui (making it less like Chrome) and some of its ownfeatures.
But which would you rather have an ai littered browser by default (Firefox), or use Blink.
Considering it’s just a rendering engine, and that the browser has adblocking built in,doesn’t automatically scream to me privacy invading. Unlike in Google Chrome you can even auto clear your browser history on close. The browser itself isn’t based on Chromium, when it first launched it had a different rendering engine.
yeah, thats chromium bro
When I first started using it it was using a different engine. If it’s using Chromium and it scares some of you, then don’t use it. But with Mozilla doing that they are doing now days with ai and ad networks, does it even make a difference now, between using Firefox and Chrome?
yes, they are not nearly on Googles level, not even comparably.
Secondly it’s not even primarily about that, even if it made no difference, two competing shitty companies is better than a full on monopoly.
I’m not coming from google hate, I just want there to be more than one actor, therefore I will never ever pick the largest one.
Hmm. I’m using Waterfox rn.
If it keeps out the ai features in the latest updates and the ad networks, then that fork and some of the other Firefox forks might be a good option.
Qtwebengine is essentially chromium lol
Falkon is better for privacy than stock Chrome or Firefox, but I still find Brave or LibreWolf better than that.
I chucked Brave shortly after they decided to install a VPN service on my machine without consent or notification.
A service that silently reinstalled itself on Brave update.
A service that did not remove itself when you uninstall Brave. It took a lot of research and time to rip out the guts of that. I will never trust Brave again.
I think brave should be disregarded as something safe and privacy respecting if they were willing to silently whitelist Facebook trackers in the past. Then there is their whole crypto obsession.
Not taking any chances. https://winworldpc.com/product/ncsa-mosaic/1
Yes, that’s right. I’m going to buy a 486, run windows 3.1 with trumpet winsock and be rid of tracking forever!
Until then:
https://kbin.life/media/take_no_chances.png
Only problem is that you wouldn’t be able to visit most sites, because Mosaic only supports HTTP 1.0. You could go for Lynx, though. Just remember to disable the cookie support.
Or, just spam V all the time!
I use Falkon for things I want to do outside my main browser, for instance if a site doesn’t work, to see if it’s on my side.
https://www.falkon.org/
PS: Falkon is based on QtWebEngine.