Post AvUDaX3Dsi1G6RWExE by ThePfromtheO@vivaldi.net
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(DIR) Post #AvBltKRChrUEvLdEYK by Tutanota@mastodon.social
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🎉 Best News Of 2025! 🎉Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-search-dominance-dropsTime to update our private browser recommendations: https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsersWhat's your pick for 2025 - which browser should we add?
(DIR) Post #AvBnYSzJvBynGkllRI by backtoanalog@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota You need to add LibreWolf, Zen and Floorp browsers to Firefox forks list. Zen is my favorite.
(DIR) Post #AvBnmhpFYJaTLDqgpk by kamatahvel@infosec.exchange
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@Tutanota I switched from FireFox to LibreWolf and I've been recommending it to friends. It's a custom fork of FireFox, but with the most important privacy and security settings already built-in / enabled. It's got uBlockOrigin already installed and by default uses a privacy-focused search engine.I think this kind of setup makes for a better browser experience, as it immediately protects the user while still giving the user the option to disable things to better tailor to their security and privacy posture. Other browsers tend to do this the other way around.It's probably wise to note here some caution before using LibreWolf as one's default browser. Some sites don't function well with the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" (ETP) feature enabled for them. Issues surrounding this may appear as login pages that don't load or timestamps on webpages that are in UTC instead of your local timezone. This has only appeared on a handful of websites, but they do tend to be popular sites. Generally a quick-fix is to just add the site to the exception list for ETP, but a safer but more time-intensive way might be to try to figure out whether the data the site needs can be spoofed or specifically allowed instead.
(DIR) Post #AvBqeZkG0mEppGKQ7c by patterns@mstdn.social
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@Tutanota Not what you asked but any product OTHER than a google product
(DIR) Post #AvBsxt5OWhSRDlYG7E by Max_Power75@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota I was curious if you checked out Vivaldi at all? I"ve been using it for a while on both windows and linux. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it seems secure. There are some bits that are not open source, but other then FireFox, most privacy browsers have a bit of hidden code. I'd value your input on this.
(DIR) Post #AvByO6we7amvVHmcd6 by Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org
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@Tutanota Duck duck go.
(DIR) Post #AvByzeidVsq2xz8J04 by countdracula@mas.to
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@Tutanota Didn't DuckDuckGo have a GUI version browser for Linux at one time? All I can find for Arch was a CLI version
(DIR) Post #AvC03qIeUuZvzqXVHE by zetabeta@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota good news, but also bad side.android's dominance may not be declining. and recent events suggest, google is locking android further. basically closing pixel's hardware related code.
(DIR) Post #AvC545YgGZV55gyPFQ by Catweazle@vivaldi.net
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@Tutanota, as browser I go with the EU using Vivaldi and I don't use Google search since a lot of years.
(DIR) Post #AvCFPlLT67t8JUlc3c by Lane@dice.camp
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@Tutanota I actually appreciate Google's services, especially YouTube and Google Docs, and I have a Pixel phone. But the search has become shallow, lazy and over-commodified, and Chrome has lost whatever luster it once had, by pushing AI too hard among other trends towards enshittification. But they kissed the least of DJT's ass of all the major tech corporations (though they did kiss some). Really, it's independent media on YouTube that keeps me on team Google.
(DIR) Post #AvCFlhIIq9Rc7VkHwG by duckwhistle@mastodon.org.uk
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@Tutanota already? It's only been shit for about a decade or so.
(DIR) Post #AvDbybCnBLXF9MgXcO by ThePfromtheO@vivaldi.net
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@Tutanota #VivaldiBrowser Has a good #privacypolicy, is #European, and is 95% #FOSS. It removes the #googlecrap from the #Chromium code before using it in their #browser Also, it lets adding blocking sources and tweaking them, which is a must-have since their ad blocking is no the greatest, THB.It has an overall good balance between privacy and functionality, and this is why I believe it should be added in the list.https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-different-from-chrome/https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/#:~:text=Note%20that%2C%20of%20the%20three%20layers%20above%2C%20only%20the%20UI%20layer%20is%20closed%2Dsource.%20Roughly%2092%25%20of%20the%20browser%E2%80%99s%20code%20is%20open%20source%20coming%20from%20Chromium%2C%203%25%20is%20open%20source%20coming%20from%20us%2C%20which%20leaves%20only%205%25%20for%20our%20UI%20closed%2Dsource%20code.
(DIR) Post #AvDdCGYypFar8c8zya by Pitte@pan.rent
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@Tutanota I'm afraid this is not because of people switching to alternatives but just because of AIs being used as search engines :/
(DIR) Post #AvFH9cuTTXAYtuSDAW by johnglass@ohai.social
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@Tutanota Vivaldi
(DIR) Post #AvFwi8iPpGc3VhOCOm by Azarilh@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota Correct me if i am wrong. I think those stats only count search APIs. So DuckDuckGo, for example, that uses both Google and Bing would count as Google and Bing searches. That's the case for many of those alternatives, cos they don't have the resources to make their own real search engine. Apparently Qwant and Ecosia are working on a new search API, so that's great news.
(DIR) Post #AvG6hIDC237EDO1JK4 by DenisAlexClopo@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota, I know I'm using #DuckDuckGo, now I don't know what everybody else uses 😂
(DIR) Post #AvLMSGkpjqTyPMPfMG by mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota I've been using #DuckDuckGo for the past decade, only relying on Google during work related situations. Recently found #Ecosia as well. A pretty good 1-2 punch.
(DIR) Post #AvSnIicfKNUmoSyyMS by Catweazle@vivaldi.net
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@Tutanota, for me the best is Vivaldi as main Browser, apart of the most feature rich one out there by far, it has a great company ethic respect the user, good privacy and a great helpfull community, and it is an Browser from the EU which is on eye level to the US browsers. I think in the current situation it is very recommended to promote EU products and services to gain sovereignity against the US hegemony, and same as using Tuta or Proton, also in browsers it gains importance. Sadly, apart of Vivaldi, there are only two other Browsers from the EU, Mullvad, very private but somewhat basic in other features and Konqueror by KDE which is for Linux only.
(DIR) Post #AvSxQbyeux1E3rfiqG by ThePfromtheO@vivaldi.net
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@Tutanota #VivaldiBrowser is fully #customizable (actually the most #customizable #browser in the world, with no lie!). This is very important, as it helps users get used with a #private #browser, no matter of what they used before.
(DIR) Post #AvTsq44TIVQZorfUnY by Tutanota@mastodon.social
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@ThePfromtheO Nice! Thanks for sharing this 😊
(DIR) Post #AvUDaX3Dsi1G6RWExE by ThePfromtheO@vivaldi.net
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@Tutanota I post this just to show how I wanted to reply to the last post in the conversation from the screenshot, but I couldn't because @Azarilh blocked me. “I admit thisIf this would happen (which I really hope will not) I will stay with #VivaldiBrowser for as much as it would be able to survive, and then move to a #GeckoBrowserEngine-based #browser. After all, #Chromium doesn't invade my #privacy, as #Bing, #Google, #Yahoo etc. do.”Am I wrong?
(DIR) Post #AvdMeUpuhmp6P1tkTA by nastasime@mastodon.social
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@Tutanota I think the trand has a lot to do with using chat gpt as a search engine