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I think this should be specified that it is only "Android" Firefox fork.

It is added to the growing list of Firefox forks on Android

- Iceraven

- Fennec

- Waterfox

- Tor

- IronFox

- Firefox Focus (By Mozilla itself)

Any others?

Interesting. Just one hour ago, I was removing the Amazon & co links that Firefox imposes to users on the home page.

I was recommending Firefox to my friend to avoid a weather app's ads. Turns out he got ads on Firefox too. Removing them is easy in the settings but not for the general public.

The question though is : where will the funds of WebLibre come ? Implementing a browser is hard. If Firefox continues to drift, who will pay for the development of the engine ?

The .eu in the domain lets me think this is a european project, but I wasn't able to find a "about us" page.

Not really sure what the point of this is. As others have said, there is already an abundance of privacy focused Firefox forks on Android. I think Ladybird is where the future of user respecting web browsing is at.
I can't set Google as my auto complete provider. It's not on the list. I was able to set Google as default search engine but had to go to a separate blank search page and type it out. It would've been nice if Google was in the main list.

Runs a local AI model for suggesting tab and container names. It supports tab containers.

Suggests you to install ublock origin on first step itself.

There's tor, tree view tabs and duck duck go styled bangs synced from a number of repos.

So is trying to compete with Brave browser?
Can’t help feeling the “-Libre” “Libre-“ branding on projects is cursed.

Naming things matters and if FireFox had been called WebLibre or LibreBrowser it would have been far less appealing.

There’s just something lame about it and it’s too many syllables, same deal with XLibre.

I feel the same with products that end in "Pro".

Don't mind the "Libre" too much tbh, because I use some quality products that use it ... but yes, it's only a matter of time before marketing nerds ruin an already unappealing term

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Is there any effective way to signal to the users who care that your product is committed to Free/Libre Open source principles without also making it sound lame?
I'm curious what kind of reasoning with coming up with such a project, when there are already so many alternatives
There is a setting for Google Safe Browsing, but you can't turn it off. Tapping the toggle does nothing.

Some settings are not self-explaining, for example "improve built-in query stripping".

I suppose that's to be expected for an alpha.

Not being able to add a custom search engine URL (at least as far as I can tell) is unfortunately what will make me not use this browser.

Please note that their GitHub releases are not libre and contain proprietary Google Play Services libraries.
What we really need is to declare Chrome public utility and national security critical. Then have a steering committee and open transparent development that benefits users first. This goes in hand with Chrome being taken away from Google, as have been recently announced.
> What we really need is to declare Chrome public utility and national security critical.

Why stop here ? Microsoft, Meta and Apple products are also "public utility and national security critical". /s

What's the key difference between weblibre and Tor, Bromite, Cromite or Vanadium? Why should anyone use it?
So ... this makes how many "privacy focused" web browsers out there now???
Yeah that was my first thought as well - what browser doesn’t bill itself as protecting your privacy these days?
Would this browser prevent Reddit from banning me each time I create a new account even with different devices?

If yes, I'll try it out.

Another privacy browser enters the market. The challenge isn't building a privacy-focused browser - it's getting people to actually switch from Chrome. Most users say they care about privacy but aren't willing to deal with the friction of changing browsers, syncing bookmarks, re-entering passwords, etc. The browsers that succeed are the ones that make the migration process effortless. Privacy is important, but convenience usually wins.