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For people who are choosing between Librewolf and Brave (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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For people who are choosing between Librewolf and Brave

What Librewolf can do (but Brave can’t):

Be run in a portable form
Duplicate / manage user profiles easily
Use a self‑hosted sync server
Install most browser plugins on mobile (e.g. Iceraven)
Use containers to separate cookies
Store browser history permanently

What Brave can do (but Librewolf can’t):

Provide a better mobile user experience, including:
- smoother animations
- quick switching between tabs (tab icon feature)
Translate web pages on mobile devices

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Brave is being forced to use Googles version of Manifest 3 meaning ad blockers and anti trackers are crippled in favour of advertisers and Googles ad business. Brave will be including 4 manifest 2 extensions in its backend but that's it. They're stuck because Google decided to screw over the entire Chrome based ecosystem.

Mozilla is implementing Manifest 3 differently so the original techniques for adblocking and privacy still work.

So the only choice is Librewolf. Sacrificing privacy and security for smoother animations and Web translation of pages is not worth it.

[–] happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

could you elaborate on the consequences of removing manifest 2? Does it mean Ublock Origin will be unavailable in Brave in the future?