I'll give you an upvote for courage, lol. I just can't do it, myself. I'm not a fan of Google's moral ethics. Every time I open Chrome I feel vulnerable.
If you want to have one streaming service to rule them all, that'd be Stremio. I don't know how specific I want to get in this community, but there's ways of turning it into a torrent streamer. I pay $3.75 a month for it using debrid and have access to everything, even obscure movies. However, I always seed what I watch to at least 5x.
Stremio has an app for Android, Samsung TV, Windows, and Linux. I think mac and iOS, too, but I don't run those at all so I'm not sure. You can use catalog plugins to mimic Netflix, Hulu, etc. But you can also use it with your Netflix, Prime and other such streaming accounts.
Edit: Also, with debrid, you don't need a VPN. It does all the anonymity for you. That's the only thing that you have to pay for.
Oh hey. I just fixed some of the sluggish feeling of Zen. I thought about it overnight and had an idea. Turns out I was right. In about:config, Floorp has mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y set to 300. Zen only has it set to 200. Might be going back to Zen for a bit now, lol. I also disabled all mods and will be re-enabling them 1 by 1 to see if they had anything to add to the slow feeling.
I really love Vivaldi, but Zen took over for me. It has Workspaces and even tab tiling. It also has something called Essential Tabs, which tile as buttons at the top of your tab bar.
I checked out DuckDuckGo Browser a bit. The mobile version is definitely more polished than the desktop version. At least you can use the DuckPlayer to watch YouTube without ads. The main thing for me is that I need a browser that forces dark mode on sites and the last I checked the DDG Desktop browser doesn't have it, even though the mobile one does.
It looks like IronFox is getting more recognition than I thought. I'm glad, because its a great android browser. Is it on F-Droid's main repository yet? I remember having to add the IronFox repository manually.
I'm curious as to see how Floorp would work on Japanese sites. Its developed in Japan, so it should work good. I understand that there are still too many sites that won't work without Chrome though, it's a major pain.
I'm in love with Vim shortcuts as is. Having a bit of trouble figuring it out, though. Trying to track down the config folder. I have firefox-tridactyl added on Arch, but I also just installed it as an extension through Floorp. No idea where I'm supposed to find the configs for either. I'd like to make a theme using my custom astigmatism-friendly colors.
Well, I've been through the Arch sacred texts, so this won't be new to me. Time to get some reading in, lol.
Zen and Floorp both have multiple UI designs you can change through the settings. I think Zen only has side-style tabs, though. Floorp is more malleable and has several UI variants plus many options to change how it works alongside integrated Tree Style Tabs support.
If you don't want all the customization and such, Librewolf would be the choice. It's a "just the basics" Firefox fork. No additives, no telemetry, nothing. The settings page is incredibly short, lol.
Floorp and Firefox can play DRM, I think. There's a checkbox in the settings, at least. I've never tried it because I use third party apps to play DRM media.
This is good to know. I hadn't read the fine print, because I abandoned Telegram and never looked back. I hope its true and I agree, I also wouldn't think they'd do this and then renege into a possible lawsuit.
You've just changed my life with Tridactyl. It even has themes... This is what I'm missing. I can't wait to try this. I love Qutebrowser, but no matter what custom lists I add (even using all three list types), I can't get it it block everything. And I can't find a Greasemonkey youtube script that works.
There's many options for browsers that can sync with your phone. I used to love Brave until all the shifty moves they pulled. Installing paid propietary software without consent, switching the telemetry on without saying anything and claiming it was an accident...
And their ad block is like a leaking sieve compared to uBO/Ad-Nauseum. Not to mention useless when they've been known to put ads on the homescreen and in the browser itself. Then underneath all that you have Google lurking in the shadows, ready to take your data and sell you advertisements tailored to your interests.
I had had enough of both Brave and Reddit when my umpteenth Brave search was being advertised to me on Reddit.
Librewolf might not sync due to how pure and barebones it is, but you could check out Zen or Floorp or Firedragon. Any FF fork that lets you login with a Mozilla account will work. I never sync, myself, but from what I've seen you should be able to.
I do like the Brave browser itself, so I get it. But even plain old Firefox might be the lesser of two evils here. Just search up "brave browser drama" and check things out. It gets kind of nasty. The devs are not the most trustworthy people...
Sorry if this sounded pushy. I'm not trying to be. I got burned with Brave and it still stings a bit, lol.
Ohhhh, okay. That would give me more of an incentive to try it. I always just assumed it was Garuda's browser to match its KDE Sweet theme aesthetic. Excuse me while I go download a fifth browser for this PC.
I stuck with it for a long time, too. Hell, I remember when it came out. Forks are fun and, if it's a concern for you, more secure. I didn't really need anything more secure, but I like to dabble into different stuff to keep things fresh and interesting.
I'll give you an upvote for courage, lol. I just can't do it, myself. I'm not a fan of Google's moral ethics. Every time I open Chrome I feel vulnerable.