+++ Friday  7 March 2025 +++


Replaced Firefox with LibreWolf
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Sometime ago, Mozilla reinvented itself as a ad-company. The
users are no longer their customers, that role moved to the
advertisement market.

All browsers are equal
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I prefer to use eww, the web browser build in Emacs, lynx, the
text browser for the World Wide Web, and links, the graphics and
text mode web browser, Unfortunately, these browsers often don't
suffice to the requirements.

We must conclude that all browsers are equal, but some are more
equal than others.

Digitized world
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We live and work in a digitized world, all formal interactions
have moved into the digital realm.

You need an app to park your car, and a web browser to make a
dentist appointment. Formal letters, like about your taxes, can
be found in the online personal inbox that the government created
for you.

Contracts, like your energy contract and insurances are all
created online, without any personal interaction.

Most of these interactions require more capabilities from the web
browser than eww, lynx and links offer. In those cases I fall
back to Firefox.

Purged Firefox
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Now that Mozilla signalled they are really going to use Firefox
as an ad platform, time has come to depart from it.

This brings the question, what alternative to choose. There are
not that many options outside Chrome derivates.

Today I have purged Firefox, and replaced it by LibreWolf, hoping
that it will keep the Mozilla ad business at a distance.


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