Waterfox is a browser, obviously based on Firefox, but without default “junk” that Firefox comes with.
Don’t see many mentions to Waterfox at all in this community? Are there any specific reasons for it? Seems like a neat version of Firefox, with development based out of the UK.
- Worthwile blogpost on their independence and future updates: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-in-2023/
- Project: https://www.waterfox.net
- Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.waterfox.waterfox
Waterfox has had some bad press. I don’t remember details but here’s something to read :
I prefer to stick to the no nonsense LibreWolf and when some things don’t work fall back to Firefox :
I don’t view the ghacks.net article as badpress myself after reading it. Also the System1 deal, which is no longer a thing, is the same company who bought Startpage, which is still recommended over at privacyguides.org
For now. There is an open pull request to remove it due to Startpage fingerprinting users (I didn’t delve into it to see if it’s true, but that was the reason given). And just because it’s been suggested doesn’t mean it will be removed, so time will till.
https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/2577