• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        This is the first I’ve heard of LibreWolf. Is it compatible with Windows 7? And also, why is it good?

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          5 months ago

          You really shouldn’t connect windows 7 to the internet.

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          5 months ago

          https://librewolf.net/

          A summary from its site and known technical details:

          • no telemetry by default
          • includes uBlock Origin
          • has sane privacy-respecting defaults
          • prepackages arkenfox user.js
          • relatively well-maintained fork of Firefox that keeps up with upstream
          • No major controversies AFAIK

          As for Windows 7, nobody should really need to install Librewolf anyway on such a device. No device running Windows 7 should have access to the internet at this point. If you are asking about compatibility intending this use case, you have bigger problems to worry about than your choice of browser. If you just need to view HTML files graphically, even Internet Explorer or an older firefox ESR will do.

          • AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            5 months ago

            Main features: … Continued support for NPAPI plugins like Silverlight, Adobe Flash and Java

            Picture this in your minds eye: a Windows 7 machine running a browser with still working Flash and Java plugins, connected to the internet in 2024.

            what do you see?

            i see a flourishing ecosystem of worms, viruses and rootkits, all trying to be the one species to get to be the one who does the most damage to the prey species, the common user.

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              5 months ago

              Sounds like an interesting experience to me. Admittedly I hadn’t looked that far into it. If Win 7 is a must I’d say just go with latest Firefox.

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      5 months ago

      You’re overreacting. Firefox knows their users. I am a huge “stan” for Firefox, but I will delete it like a time traveller if they make it impossible to ignore ads. I will salt the earth and poop on Firefox’s grave and actively avoid it everywhere… However. If I’m wrong, there will be a Next Thing…

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      5 months ago

      Yeah I’m using Fennec, which doesn’t have that. But as long as it’s a flick of a switch to disable, I don’t really mind. Still a million times better than manifest v3.

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      5 months ago

      If you use a DNS solutions you can block all the telemetry shit. Frankly FF has been phoning home in a lot of undesirable ways for many years even before this, like most browsers.