I think what was being asked is if there's something like Brave that doesn't use a webkit derived back-end. Good defaults and a good stance on privacy is one reason to use Brave and historically Firefox, but another is that it keeps the browser ecosystem from being too homogeneous. Firefox is the last browser with over sub-percent market share, and even then it's less than 3%, so it's almost gone.
A case can be made that many of the browsers split from webkit (or split from things that split from webkit) long enough ago that there is competition, but IMO that's a far cry from a fully independent solution.
I’m kind of addicted to tab containers right now and I have them set up in a way where I can proxy specific containers out different socks proxies that go through different VPN tunnels. Niche I know but it’s keeping me on FF.
Yes, though I've never used it: https://librewolf.net/
I've had good luck with LibreWolf on Windows
IceCat, maybe?
I too am looking for alternatives.
Official site: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Binary build available here but not official:
https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html
edit:
I linked to a non-official site first, added the official site and made clear that the site offering binarys is non-official.
For which OS? Waterfox is nice https://waterfox.net
Zen browser https://zen-browser.app/
There is a Brave browser.
I think what was being asked is if there's something like Brave that doesn't use a webkit derived back-end. Good defaults and a good stance on privacy is one reason to use Brave and historically Firefox, but another is that it keeps the browser ecosystem from being too homogeneous. Firefox is the last browser with over sub-percent market share, and even then it's less than 3%, so it's almost gone.
A case can be made that many of the browsers split from webkit (or split from things that split from webkit) long enough ago that there is competition, but IMO that's a far cry from a fully independent solution.
This exactly! Apologies for not being more clear.
I'd go with Ungoogled Chromium at that point.
I’m kind of addicted to tab containers right now and I have them set up in a way where I can proxy specific containers out different socks proxies that go through different VPN tunnels. Niche I know but it’s keeping me on FF.
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