Louis Rossmann opines on the Firefox debacle [video]

Moved from Firefox Dev Edition to Librewolf. No deal breakers yet.<p>Procedure to transfer over painlessly: Install and run Librewolf. On both browsers go Help &gt; More troubleshooting information &gt; profile folder &gt; Open. Close both browsers. Delete everything inside the librewolf profile. Copy everything from Firefox Dev profile directory into Librewolf profile directory. Run Librewolf with &quot;--allow-downgrade&quot; once. First run was a tad slow with extensions doing some &#x27;recombobulation&#x27;. You can now run Librewolf normally without the above allow downgrade option. Enjoy.<p>per-site zoom and auto-dark detection disabled unless about:config &gt; privacy.resistFingerprinting set to false

As a long-time Louis fan it&#x27;s sad to me he basically just complains even after leaving New York City. Also, when I met Louis IRL at one of his meetups he was actually super rude.<p>Hopefully he finds a way to be happy.

If looking for alternatives that uses Firefox as a base, check out Zen Browser: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zen-browser.app" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zen-browser.app</a>

It&#x27;s not that you can just install LibreWolf and forget about it forever. If everyone does this, Mozilla won&#x27;t be able to monetize your data and they will fight back for their survival.<p>Someone needs to fund the actual browser development.. it&#x27;s possible to avoid your data being used, but it only works because data of others is monetized.

Installing LibreWolf on Apple Silicon seems to require disabling the macOS Gatekeeper.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codeberg.org&#x2F;librewolf&#x2F;source" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codeberg.org&#x2F;librewolf&#x2F;source</a><p>What are system requirements and time needed to compile<p>If it is easy then where is LibreWolf for Android

I&#x27;ve tried to watch Louis many times.. can&#x27;t do it. He is just so whiny and annoying, it is really off putting to what might be otherwise interesting topics.

Related discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43229267">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43229267</a>

Im really disappointed by Rossman criticizing the CCPA as if it’s the best problem and then goes on to list all the ways Firefox had been selling the data. I’m not sure Google paying for placement is the only way that happens AND I’m not sure that runs afoul of the CCPA. Sometimes raised awareness is a feature not a bug and I don’t think it’s a “it depends on what your definition of is is”.<p>Moreover, the main reason Firefox runs afoul of the CCPA is that it requires a single “opt-out” button for all privacyware but they have a dark pattern (like chrome) of having 50 different settings to manage. That’s another reason why I think the Google search bar placement isn’t the reason they’re having issues with the CCPA.

No librewolf for android. Any suggestions O wise ones?

&gt; Video unavailable<p>&gt; This video is restricted. Please check the Google Workspace administrator and&#x2F;or the network administrator restrictions.<p>Not really sure why but I cannot load the video.

Its interesting that most of Hacker News seems to use Firefox, which is such an obscure browser at this point, with just 3% market share. Now they&#x27;re fleeing to even more obscure browsers. It&#x27;s noble of them to incubate the competition, for the sake of genetic diversity in the software space, as I selfishly use chromium browsers.

If you have a Mac, try Kagi [1]. (And pay for it!)<p>(And if you donated to Mozilla in the past by credit card, consider a chargeback.)<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kagi.com&#x2F;orion&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kagi.com&#x2F;orion&#x2F;</a>