What's a good browser?

What's a good Browser? I really don't know anymore.

My answer to that used to be Firefox for the last 10 years. With the recent ManifestV3 drama, that belief was even more reinforced.

• For one, I strongly believe that Google does NOT have the users interest in mind when crippling what and extension can do. They are not the good guys, they are a for-profit megacorp which make money by shoving ads in your face and this conveniently kills the best ad-blocker out there, while Google can pretent it's protecting the users. Fuck them.
• Regardless of what Googles motives are, using the web without a properly functioning ad-blocker is impossible.

For me, this means that Chrome and ALL Browser which build on Chrome's foundation, have becoming a non-alternative.

And that really only leaves Firefox (and it's various forks) as an option.

The problem with Firefox is Mozilla, though. Mozilla claims to be a champion of the open web, when at the same time, they are relying on a agreement with Google for a good chunk of their income. Plus, in recent times, they have been trying REALLY hard to alienate their users by pivoting to AI.

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[story of trying out vivaldi, conclusion: the adblocker is shit, therefore NO]

The Baseline of surfing the web

The baseline is not a browser that implements the latest Web features. It's not the best-performing browser.

It's the browser with the best ad-blocker. The one that successfully cuts through the crappy, privacy-invading, manipulative ad jungle like a fucking machete.

That's the baseline.