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LibreWolf remains AI-free!
cross-posted from: lemmy.cafe/post/28583067
LibreWolf is one of the best browsers for people who don't like generative AI.Here is the statement posted on Mastodon:
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
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Snot Flickerman
in reply to Cody Iwatzky • • •LibreWolf default settings are kind of annoying for someone who lives alone and no one else has physical access to their desktop. I don't need to be logged out of everything and have my history wiped every time.
I finally tried LibreWolf today and gave up after about an hour of getting annoyed that my less-secure preferences wouldn't stick and stay. I don't know, maybe I'm not the target audience, but was finally thinking of giving a Firefox fork a shot and it mostly just annoyed me because I am not necessarily looking for something so ultra secure that it's deleting all the history and shit every time the browser closes. I feel like having cookies persist isn't something I should have to allow on a site-by-site basis when I want to stay logged into like 30 different sites, including local sites on my LAN that I manage personally.
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Maybelline
in reply to Snot Flickerman • • •I had similar sentiments when I first tried LibreWolf. I figured some of them out, and lived with others.
But I eventually went the Betterfox route. But, I also like the Mull Browser. It's hardened, but a bit more lax (and livable) than LibreWolf
thingsiplay
in reply to Snot Flickerman • • •Hmm. I was one of those who was interested in LibreWolf for long time. Just recently I had to give it a pass for different reason (but for comfort reason as you). Good to read experiences that talk about the "issues" too. I guess LibreWolf could be used for everything that does not require logging in into a website; in example random websites and websearch and so on. But then, maintaining and using two different browsers would be super annoying (for me).
There is also Waterfox, which got some update recently, with version number 6.6.6! I will look into this and how it compares to LibreWolf.
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djdarren
in reply to Catt (she/her) • • •Yeah, it's literally one button and cookies remain.
Personally I've left that setting on, but click the one in the address bar on every site that I want to retain cookies. There aren't that many of those.
Also, turn on Firefox syncing and it's just like using regular Firefox, but without the nonsense.
thingsiplay
in reply to Cody Iwatzky • • •Godort
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in reply to thingsiplay • • •How about using a password manager? I think KeePassXC is useful with its keyboard shortcuts.
Recommended Addons – LibreWolf
librewolf.net/docs/addons/#pas…
Bitwarden Password Manager – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
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djdarren
in reply to thingsiplay • • •Schmuppes
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in reply to Schmuppes • • •Yep. It's off by default, but is the first thing I switch on when I first install Libewolf on any machines.
You end up with a classic FF experience without any of the bullshit.
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prole
in reply to Cherry • • •Kichae
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in reply to Cody Iwatzky • • •I'm using Librewolf for everything except for what I need to be logged in. The reason is that Librewolf pretends to be in UTC timezone. This is for privacy reasons, but when I load my calendar I need to see it in my timezone. There are manuals of how to turn that off, but the changes I made following their own workaround (librewolf.net/docs/faq/#what-a…) never changed that behavior.
So what I do is using Epiphany for tool sites I need to login and a correct timezone, and everything else I use Librewolf.
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