I was one of the early adopters of Firefox back in the mid 2000's, but issues with performance and privacy have left me soured with the browser. Now I mainly use Vivaldi, which is perhaps not the best for privacy, but at least I knew that before adopting it, and I try to find fixes for it. Whereas what Firefox has become feels like a knife in the back, and so I would not go back to it. As others have pointed out, there's also Librewolf, but it functions more like a "private window" for when you don't want anything to get logged, not even history. However, for it to serve its purpose fully, you cannot install add-ons, as that would create a fingerprint and then you are no longer browsing anonymously.
Librewolf is good, but going full resistFingerprinting just makes the browser unusable in my opinion. I'm not willing to sacrifice that much convenience for a broken browser. That's why I prefer Firefox with a lot of user.js configurations.
@@EricMurphyxyz I agree. I only use it if I want to surf anonymously for one session only. But it is very inconvenient as a daily driver, especially for banking and such.
I want to do a video on Librewolf in the future. I like it, but it's not that different from Firefox with a good user.js file, that's why I'm not using it.
@@4cps777 firefox is the least dependent browser on google, most mainstream websites use chromium, even edge, but firefox still stands on its own engine besides if firefox did a fuck up then librewolf could just branch off and develop on its own with the open-source community on its side
Betterfox is a godsend for those who use BSDs, or just are too stubborn to get off normal Firefox. Of course, as a person who strictly uses Linux outside of school, this doesn't apply to me because I use Librewolf.
Try Librewolf and Do a review video. Or maybe a comparison video between this setup of Firefox vs Librewolf. Btw this is a great video, keep doing amazing work ❤
I don't know what people complain about. I've been using Firefox again for about a year now and it's been great. If I do use a chromium based browser then it's probably brave
Even if someone uses librewolf, you are still supporting Mozilla by using their engine (gecko). I hope that all BIG foss projects like debian, red hat, etc come together for maintaining a fork of gecko..
Thank you very much for your work. I wanted to know how you feel about the EinkBro browser on the phone, or what browser you would recommend for the phone.
Seeing you worry so much about privacy, which phone do you use and what do you recommend? (I used to care a lot more about privacy, but whit a device in my pocket that literally tracks me everywhere, I started to ignore it)
I just have a basic android smartphone but I leave it home 80% of the time. Will probably get a degoogled phone eventually but not high priority right now
Well, I get your complaints (especially about the woke idealism), but the truth is that Mozilla is living in the real world where catering to every nerdy/FOSS purist demand is just not economically feasible...
@@EricMurphyxyz take a look on mine if u want, I'll post the GitHub link in the next comment, but it'll be hidden, you can access it from UA-cam studio
@@EricMurphyxyz mhmdali102 , in repo dotfiles in firefox directory.. when u apply it, try disabling "Menu Bar" by right-click on the tab bar, then u can toggle it with the alt key and hovering over it for the url bar
I personally have no real issues with how Firefox is OOTB on desktop (Windows and Linux) and haven´t had any significant issues with it in the past 10 years of using it as my main browser but holy cow is it bad on mobile. Especially on iOS (But also Android) and comparing it to something like Brave or Edge then it becomes apparent that mobile is still not a priority for Mozilla after all these years. Only way to get at least some funding back to Firefox development is supposedly using their paid apps like VPN, Pocket or Relay according to some comments i´ve seen floating around.
If you want to remove all external connections, try Narsil's user.js. git.nixnet.services/Narsil/desktop_user.js Be aware that this will break a lot of browser features, but it will give you the best privacy.
Man, I used to think that other Browsers like Brave, Opera, Edge are the ones that shove too much in your face. Firefox was the browser that only browses the internet. Come to think of it, that's how bad it has been, and the fact that it's normalised is another cherry-on-top (/s). I'm kinda fine with the Firefox services like Mobile, Relay, etc, but Google analytics? Pocket sharing everything with third party advertisers? Thank god I didn't sign up for pocket either.
Found this same problem, for years now I've been using Brave pretty much since it appeared. Google announce it would kill off manifest v3 it was time to switch back to Firefox. Although I am looking forward to try the Arc browser, seems like an experience of it's own, unfortunately as of the time of writing this is only available for MacOS.
@@JMRVRGSCurrently using Arc on Win11 and loving it. It’s certainly very buggy and IMHO as a dev myself, TBC shouldn’t have announced Arc as a “v1.0” release on Windows as it currently performs like a beta. I default back to Brave whenever I run into any issues, and I need all my favorites/bookmarks sync’d between my Windows desktop and my iPhone, which Arc doesn’t currently (fully) support. I’m not sure how much longer they can keep the VC money flowing in, but I love the browsing paradigm that Arc offers, and wish The Browser Company the best in continuing to flesh out their product.
You have to talk to me like a dummy because that is what I am. I follow you until the create user.js. How? I know how to create a new folder but not a new file. What do I past the code into?
I use FurryFox (customised obviously) and OrangeLion (without crypto) on a daily basis. I never needed a WebKit browser because I will never support Apple (Safari) on principal.
Hi! Chromium based browsers work fine for you? I don't know why, but under Ubuntu, page scrolling is very slow for me, in comparison to firefox. And it makes unusable chromium browsers for surfing web pages, reading articles, etc.
@@EricMurphyxyz hm, interesting. And page scrolling speed is the same for you under chrome and firefox? I tried different mouses, and if so, then it's hardware related issue.
Looks like a handy script. Is there a script out there that lets you remove your e-mail address from Mozilla accounts servers lol. Apparently if you lose your 2FA, you're e-mail address forever belongs to their account servers until the end of the universe arrives. 😂
Hahahahaha...is funny to see some users as you, saying that hate the MOST AMAZING and secure web browser: FIREFOX. Firefox comes from Iceweasel, the default web browser...of you know from where?...the most secure OS ever: Linux. So, saying that you hate Firefox only because of a few little things that comes activated by default and you can customize disabling them...has no sense at all. Is the same as when you buy a computer, are you going to leave it as it comes by default?...are you not going to customize it changing the colors, settings, background pic, etc?...are you going to hate that computer only because some settings that comes activated by default?....I guess not, right?...well, the same happens with Firefox, and the best part of it, you can modify EVERYTHING in it, not as in chromium browsers, that I REALLY HATE, you can't modify them at all, just the basic settings that google allows you to modify. Hahaha...you're funny...also chromium browsers comes with some default settings that I bet you modify...is the same thing with Firefox!....the difference, is that Firefox is the MOST SECURE and FASTEST web browser EVER!
Ok, hold on... Maybe an example will explain it: Say a browser has a default setting to get every data about the user and sell to someone without the user knowing. That's the browser trying to get your data without you knowing, even though you can turn it off, it's still the browser trying to get it. Plus, I don't think the first thing that comes to mind when going on a new browser before signing up is to change the settings. But I'm still on your side. Firefox is the best.
Move to Brave instead. It uses Chromium as well but they implement ad block by default without requiring any extension. In fact, Brave community totally reject Manifest V3 and they achieved to postpone the update to June of 2023.
I've used Brave before and I like it, but I'm not a big fan of the crypto. I always just turned it off and never used it, even though that's the whole point of brave
Extensions aren't a good thing anyway. The move away from v2 is actually valid. Some browsers are adapting by implementing 'built in' ad blocking which they should have done to begin with. Firefox zealots are just using this as an opportunity to push their browser when we have plenty of time especially from a tech point of view to deal with v3.
It's a torture to watch youtube without video speed controller and sponsor block, and that's only 1 website, I aint talking of vimium and other stuff. I understand the hesitation towards extensions, they always break, cause bugs and security leaks, have a lot of conflicts and so on, but currently there's no 'just right' native browser to satisfy all my needs, thus having extensions available is crucial (for me), and I believe most people have the same mind over it
I was one of the early adopters of Firefox back in the mid 2000's, but issues with performance and privacy have left me soured with the browser. Now I mainly use Vivaldi, which is perhaps not the best for privacy, but at least I knew that before adopting it, and I try to find fixes for it. Whereas what Firefox has become feels like a knife in the back, and so I would not go back to it. As others have pointed out, there's also Librewolf, but it functions more like a "private window" for when you don't want anything to get logged, not even history. However, for it to serve its purpose fully, you cannot install add-ons, as that would create a fingerprint and then you are no longer browsing anonymously.
Librewolf is good, but going full resistFingerprinting just makes the browser unusable in my opinion. I'm not willing to sacrifice that much convenience for a broken browser. That's why I prefer Firefox with a lot of user.js configurations.
@@EricMurphyxyz I agree. I only use it if I want to surf anonymously for one session only. But it is very inconvenient as a daily driver, especially for banking and such.
You will come back to Firefox, after google manifest v3 update. See you soon, my friend!
You could always use something like Librewolf, which is a modded version of Firefox with all the telemetry and spookiness stripped out.
I want to do a video on Librewolf in the future. I like it, but it's not that different from Firefox with a good user.js file, that's why I'm not using it.
Imho, the problem with projects like Librewolf is that they are dependent on Firefox which is again dependent on Google.
@@4cps777 Google?
@@squ34ky Because Mozilla gets paid millions i think even hundred of millions to have google as there default search engine
@@4cps777 firefox is the least dependent browser on google, most mainstream websites use chromium, even edge, but firefox still stands on its own engine
besides if firefox did a fuck up then librewolf could just branch off and develop on its own with the open-source community on its side
Mozilla is such a poopy organisation
Betterfox is a godsend for those who use BSDs, or just are too stubborn to get off normal Firefox. Of course, as a person who strictly uses Linux outside of school, this doesn't apply to me because I use Librewolf.
Try Librewolf and Do a review video.
Or maybe a comparison video between this setup of Firefox vs Librewolf.
Btw this is a great video, keep doing amazing work ❤
Planning to do this in the future!
I don't know what people complain about. I've been using Firefox again for about a year now and it's been great. If I do use a chromium based browser then it's probably brave
Yes, as far as chromium browsers go, brave is one of the best (now send me your BAT)
@@EricMurphyxyz LMAO
@@EricMurphyxyz BAT stands for:
Best
At
Torturing people with BAT and crypto bloat, wait the redundancy!!!!
Hi Eric, besides Linux, do you use MS Windows?😊😅
Haven't used it in almost 5 years, windows is the devil
@@EricMurphyxyz what do you primarily use for video editing?
Even if someone uses librewolf, you are still supporting Mozilla by using their engine (gecko). I hope that all BIG foss projects like debian, red hat, etc come together for maintaining a fork of gecko..
didn't they switch from Gecko to Quantum?
Quantum is still gecko
what was that fennec thing then?
Thank you very much for your work. I wanted to know how you feel about the EinkBro browser on the phone, or what browser you would recommend for the phone.
I want to make a video on the best browsers for the phone in the future, we'll see!
Seeing you worry so much about privacy, which phone do you use and what do you recommend? (I used to care a lot more about privacy, but whit a device in my pocket that literally tracks me everywhere, I started to ignore it)
I just have a basic android smartphone but I leave it home 80% of the time. Will probably get a degoogled phone eventually but not high priority right now
@@EricMurphyxyz Thanks a lot, I hadn't heard of degoogled phones before, definitely gonna check it out
dump phone or smartphone? for smartphone if you prefer some customizations => GrapheneOS, else iPhone.
Well, I get your complaints (especially about the woke idealism), but the truth is that Mozilla is living in the real world where catering to every nerdy/FOSS purist demand is just not economically feasible...
there is also userChrome css if u care about the ui
I'll try out some themes, I've seen some really cool Firefox ui that people have come up with
@@EricMurphyxyz take a look on mine if u want, I'll post the GitHub link in the next comment, but it'll be hidden, you can access it from UA-cam studio
Not seeing your second comment, even from yt studio. What's your github username? I assume I can find it from there
@@EricMurphyxyz mhmdali102 , in repo dotfiles in firefox directory.. when u apply it, try disabling "Menu Bar" by right-click on the tab bar, then u can toggle it with the alt key and hovering over it for the url bar
I personally have no real issues with how Firefox is OOTB on desktop (Windows and Linux) and haven´t had any significant issues with it in the past 10 years of using it as my main browser but holy cow is it bad on mobile. Especially on iOS (But also Android) and comparing it to something like Brave or Edge then it becomes apparent that mobile is still not a priority for Mozilla after all these years.
Only way to get at least some funding back to Firefox development is supposedly using their paid apps like VPN, Pocket or Relay according to some comments i´ve seen floating around.
01:49 is it possible to disable ALL the google components (analytics, etc.), or is it not known for 100% whether we can disable ALL of them?..
If you want to remove all external connections, try Narsil's user.js. git.nixnet.services/Narsil/desktop_user.js Be aware that this will break a lot of browser features, but it will give you the best privacy.
Man, I used to think that other Browsers like Brave, Opera, Edge are the ones that shove too much in your face. Firefox was the browser that only browses the internet. Come to think of it, that's how bad it has been, and the fact that it's normalised is another cherry-on-top (/s). I'm kinda fine with the Firefox services like Mobile, Relay, etc, but Google analytics? Pocket sharing everything with third party advertisers? Thank god I didn't sign up for pocket either.
Every update they bring tab bar back and add another useless button that takes a line of space on your screen
I hate this browser so much
Thanks, going to implement this!
i find syncing useful. makes it easy to use my browser bookmarks + credentials on my phone :)
I hate Quantum (that is NOT Firefox) but it's the least broken browser on the market
Agreed
Where is the fire fox location in windows?
Go to about:profiles in your address bar and it will tell you
Found this same problem, for years now I've been using Brave pretty much since it appeared. Google announce it would kill off manifest v3 it was time to switch back to Firefox. Although I am looking forward to try the Arc browser, seems like an experience of it's own, unfortunately as of the time of writing this is only available for MacOS.
Which browser are you using now? Planning to ditch windows and go to Linux.
@@JMRVRGSCurrently using Arc on Win11 and loving it. It’s certainly very buggy and IMHO as a dev myself, TBC shouldn’t have announced Arc as a “v1.0” release on Windows as it currently performs like a beta.
I default back to Brave whenever I run into any issues, and I need all my favorites/bookmarks sync’d between my Windows desktop and my iPhone, which Arc doesn’t currently (fully) support. I’m not sure how much longer they can keep the VC money flowing in, but I love the browsing paradigm that Arc offers, and wish The Browser Company the best in continuing to flesh out their product.
You have to talk to me like a dummy because that is what I am. I follow you until the create user.js. How? I know how to create a new folder but not a new file. What do I past the code into?
From your file explorer, you should be able to right-click and create a new text file. Name that user.js.
I use FurryFox (customised obviously) and OrangeLion (without crypto) on a daily basis. I never needed a WebKit browser because I will never support Apple (Safari) on principal.
Based
I like the ui of gnome web, I hope it becomes usable.
Yeah, Firefox ui is a bit bloated
Hi! Chromium based browsers work fine for you? I don't know why, but under Ubuntu, page scrolling is very slow for me, in comparison to firefox. And it makes unusable chromium browsers for surfing web pages, reading articles, etc.
they are proprietary malware
@@gameraiders4749 looks like their malware steal your mind
Chromium browsers have always worked great for me, even under Ubuntu. I was using brave and ungoogled chromium previously
@@EricMurphyxyz hm, interesting. And page scrolling speed is the same for you under chrome and firefox? I tried different mouses, and if so, then it's hardware related issue.
Brother next video on transmission-cli please
I've been meaning to check this out, I may do a video on it in the future
@@EricMurphyxyz transmission-daemon with tremc is goated
Exactly my dilemma too
Looks like a handy script. Is there a script out there that lets you remove your e-mail address from Mozilla accounts servers lol. Apparently if you lose your 2FA, you're e-mail address forever belongs to their account servers until the end of the universe arrives. 😂
there is no perfect browser
I hate tab bar
i don't know why but i feel like when i use youtube in firefox , it feels slow compared to brave.
am i the only one?
very difficult to remove pocket? it's just one click in about:config
Very difficult to remove from the gui*
Maybe u like use Librewolf
Librewolf is good, but it's not that different from Firefox contributed with a good user.js file.
Hahahahaha...is funny to see some users as you, saying that hate the MOST AMAZING and secure web browser: FIREFOX.
Firefox comes from Iceweasel, the default web browser...of you know from where?...the most secure OS ever: Linux.
So, saying that you hate Firefox only because of a few little things that comes activated by default and you can customize disabling them...has no sense at all.
Is the same as when you buy a computer, are you going to leave it as it comes by default?...are you not going to customize it changing the colors, settings, background pic, etc?...are you going to hate that computer only because some settings that comes activated by default?....I guess not, right?...well, the same happens with Firefox, and the best part of it, you can modify EVERYTHING in it, not as in chromium browsers, that I REALLY HATE, you can't modify them at all, just the basic settings that google allows you to modify.
Hahaha...you're funny...also chromium browsers comes with some default settings that I bet you modify...is the same thing with Firefox!....the difference, is that Firefox is the MOST SECURE and FASTEST web browser EVER!
Ok, hold on...
Maybe an example will explain it:
Say a browser has a default setting to get every data about the user and sell to someone without the user knowing. That's the browser trying to get your data without you knowing, even though you can turn it off, it's still the browser trying to get it.
Plus, I don't think the first thing that comes to mind when going on a new browser before signing up is to change the settings.
But I'm still on your side. Firefox is the best.
Move to Brave instead. It uses Chromium as well but they implement ad block by default without requiring any extension. In fact, Brave community totally reject Manifest V3 and they achieved to postpone the update to June of 2023.
I've used Brave before and I like it, but I'm not a big fan of the crypto. I always just turned it off and never used it, even though that's the whole point of brave
Have you tried Brave?
Bro ruined firefox
How
@@EricMurphyxyz You removed sync
@@Twitchy8 what does it even do?
@@GodofToast ?
@@Twitchy8 what does sync even do?
Use opera
you keep saying that you hate it, but you aren't giving many reasons as to why and you aren't explaining those reasons in enough detail
I hate how it comes with so many useless features and privacy-invasive settings by default
@@EricMurphyxyz my point still stands
Extensions aren't a good thing anyway. The move away from v2 is actually valid. Some browsers are adapting by implementing 'built in' ad blocking which they should have done to begin with. Firefox zealots are just using this as an opportunity to push their browser when we have plenty of time especially from a tech point of view to deal with v3.
I agree that handling ad/tracker blocking at the browser level makes a lot more sense than with an extension
It's a torture to watch youtube without video speed controller and sponsor block, and that's only 1 website, I aint talking of vimium and other stuff. I understand the hesitation towards extensions, they always break, cause bugs and security leaks, have a lot of conflicts and so on, but currently there's no 'just right' native browser to satisfy all my needs, thus having extensions available is crucial (for me), and I believe most people have the same mind over it