somefool@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoDuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows nowwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkDuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser is available for Windows nowwww.theverge.comsomefool@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
minus-squareBarrierWithAshes@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago Chrome Reskin Ehn. I sleep. If you want this kind of privacy use Mullvad’s browser (based on Firefox).
minus-squareJoYo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoif i was making a crossplatform browser i’d use the OS’s default web renderer too. i dont know of a single company that wants to secure their renderers outside of apple, microsoft, and google. mozilla barely gets by with being a tiny marketshare and using the same security features provided by the OS.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIs there a reason to use it over the regular TOR browser?
minus-squareJarmer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoExactly my sentiments. Zero desire to use any form of chromium.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agointeresting they went with Chromium on desktop when their Android browser uses (or at least used to use) Gecko.
minus-squaregk99@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAnd considering they’re just adding to the Chromium near-monopoly.
Ehn. I sleep.
If you want this kind of privacy use Mullvad’s browser (based on Firefox).
if i was making a crossplatform browser i’d use the OS’s default web renderer too.
i dont know of a single company that wants to secure their renderers outside of apple, microsoft, and google.
mozilla barely gets by with being a tiny marketshare and using the same security features provided by the OS.
Is there a reason to use it over the regular TOR browser?
Exactly my sentiments. Zero desire to use any form of chromium.
interesting they went with Chromium on desktop when their Android browser uses (or at least used to use) Gecko.
And considering they’re just adding to the Chromium near-monopoly.