In light of Mozilla’s recent policy changes, we no longer feel assured that Firefox aligns with our commitment to protect your privacy. This prompted us to revisit the choice of default web browser in Zorin OS 17.3.

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago

Definitely not using or recommending Zorin OS after this. I don't appreciate Brave's integrated cryptocurrency bloatware or the fact that Brave was founded as a competitor to Firefox by a homophobe who was ousted from Mozilla for his anti-LGBT political contributions.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Isn't Brave also a controversial choice? I thought something was sketchy about them. Librewolf would make a better choice.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Probably going to stop suggesting Zorin to new users. Can't trust a distro that defaults crypto bro chromium.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Brave is trash.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Terrible news for touchpad users. The scrolling on Firefox is not perfect by default but it can be made 10/10 with 4 about:config fixes

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can still install Firefox, it will be just like windows where edge is only used once.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Firefox policies are getting sketch so let's switch our default to brave the chromium browser with a sketch history?

    Just throw librewolf or something on it and call it a day.

    Also specifying (old) and (new) like we have 0 reading comprehension is a bit insulting, but maybe I'm just being bitter.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    It’s not like you can’t download and use Firefox on Zorin OS. Like how Windows users use Edge to download a better browser.

    Brave is good browser. It’s one of the better Chromium ones.

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