Using firefox but concerned now

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Edit 2/28: It seems there is no general consensus if we should switch and/or to what.

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Looking into Librewolf and Waterfox now!

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Long time Firefox user. Installed Librewolf today and so far so good. I used Firefox sync to get all my settings, bookmarks, open tabs, etc. back. At some point I will probably find an alternative yo Firefox sync but it’ll do for the time being.

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The only thing that sucks about it is some sites just flat out don’t work well. For example, in Librewolf I cannot login to my banks website. The site loads, but the login just hangs. Firefox it works immediately.

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I believe Librawolf defaults to “strict” fingerprinting blocking. Try setting it to moderate and see if that works with your bank

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OK! You’ve had 1 hour to check them out. :D What’s the difference between the two? They’re both Firefox forks, right?

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I found a decent answer here https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/18g8tez/what_am_i_gaining_if_i_switch_from_librewolf_to/

That mod sums up a lot that I found. I don’t know the answer because they both have odd downsides.

Yes they’re both forks!

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Didn’t Waterfox get bought out by an ad company?

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