A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser :
* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
Firefox/Librewolf/Waterfox/etc? Which one is best?
I would say this - use Firefox. If trying to use Firefox on work laptop and it was enshitted by your company’s group policies, then Waterfox sounds like nice alternative which is unlikelly going to be impacted by GP.
How do I migrate all my grouped tabs from Chrome Mobile to Firefox/Librewolf/Waterfox/etc? Which one is best?
I would say this - use Firefox. If trying to use Firefox on work laptop and it was enshitted by your company’s group policies, then Waterfox sounds like nice alternative which is unlikelly going to be impacted by GP.
You can get Firefox as standalone. No need to install it 🙌
You can, but the problem is group policy which is still enforced. I mean - Firefox still respects it.