Making Firefox Great Again

[@deersakamoto2167]

Mozilla's CEO Mitchell Baker's salary rose to 3 million annually while slashing engineers because of shrinking revenue. It seems like a sinking ship

[@ashishpatel350]

Not to mention they raised their default search price by 50 million yet having less market share.

[@gamtax]

They ditched Thunderbird right? Thunderbird is the only competitor to Outlook as far as I know. Outlook becomes sh*ttier right now...

[@yourfellowhumanbeing2323]

Well Mozilla Corporation is different from Mozilla Foundation

[@jakedw25]

And their pro censorship stance... I'm done with Mozilla.

[@rabbi4skin666]

@@gamtax I use Geary on fedora 35 personally

[@imgladnotu9527]

Btw, decentraleyes' cdn database isnt as updated compared to LocalCDN. Just a friendly reminder :)

[@leonsplinter5000]

LocalCDN is a fork no ? I think Decentraleyes is not maintained anymore and that's why LocalCDN is the go to now

[@337x]

yeah localcdn is the way to go

[@hippityhoppity9563]

@@leonsplinter5000 it just got updated in setember this year

[@soapminty4530]

@@leonsplinter5000 okay agent Leon

[@leonsplinter5000]

@@hippityhoppity9563 Oh nice, I've switched a couple month ago. Good to see that it's still there

[@BasteG0d69]

8:35 Don't disable the Referer header unless you know what you are doing. A LOT of websites use this header for anti-botting or scraping and your browser may be blocked because it will be flagged. This WILL break websites.

[@alouisschafer7212]

which explains why some Websites are so wonky with LibreWolf because its most likely disabled in there.

[@Tachi107]

And I believe that the Amazon referer example is completely unrelated, since the referer is part of the URL, while the header simply sends what website you visited before the one your current visiting

[@NawidN]

I use Referer Control with the default setting on block and 3rd. This has given me little to no issues on every website. Maybe this is a good alternative.

[@imgladnotu9527]

Which is also a known tracking vector asides from cookies. How fun

[@kyanbasu]

man thanks, some of my sites didn't work and you helped me a lot

[@ggLP42]

I’m gonna make my own web browser. With black jack, AND HOOKERS.

[@iHawke]

In fact, forget about the browser

[@Mario583a]

@@iHawke Aw, screw the whole thing.

[@eMorphized]

Why not contribute to Netsurf?

[@TheBicPen]

I feel like changing your apparent resolution from 1920*1080 to 1800*900 will make you more identifiable.. who actually has monitors with that resolution?

[@ashishpatel350]

Yeah I was going to say that. 720p and 1080p are widely used in computers and laptops. Anything outside that would give you away much easier

[@pencilcase8068]

Bruh I have that monitor and it isn't that common. It's a relic of the past that I use because I am saving up to get better parts for my system all around

[@supersteve1440]

The resolution of the _inner_ browser window is how they fingerprint your machine.

[@thecashewtrader3328]

But every tor user appears to have that resolution

[@4.0.4]

@@ashishpatel350 I never seen a 720p laptop, most of the low-end ones are 1366x768 or something dumb like that.

[@williamviloria]

Hey Kenny, im stil waiting the video about your experience in the IT industry, it always nice to watch your content and i would like to know more about the IT industry from your perspective. Hope you have a great day !!

[@itsme7570]

And your opinion on getting a cyber sec degree

[@FlipNdip579]

@@itsme7570 Took the words outa my mouth.

[@itsme7570]

@@FlipNdip579 Im in the middle of my first semester. Going for a bachelor's in cybersec. I tried online platforms like HTB and THM but I wanted a strong background in all things IT. The structure is helping me. Also wanted to know what it's like working in the IT field with a felony on your record. It's been a long time and I'm trying to change my life around but I'd be real upset if after getting a degree I couldn't find employment

[@robertramsey8871]

Six-figure business owner approaching 40 here living in the American Northwest. Cybersecurity isn't anywhere near as important as electronics repair and modification. Right to repair is going to blow up and very soon because of two reasons. First the fact that nearly all of the chips that southeast Asia ships over to us have back doors and exploitation of these back doors will be a major Black Swan event for lots of people sleepwalking with their electronic devices bolted onto their hips heads and eyes. Secondly, the part shortages are only going to be more pronounced as that is one of the biggest weapons in the CCP arsenal against the American people and against the same stock market that the people who are selling us out are insider trading with. The time of the tech monopolies and black box software is coming to an end. People are going to need, absolutely need open source electronics and the ability to repair the closed source electronics that they already have. It security will always be important but it's not going to experience the kind of boom that hardware entrepreneurs have the ability to partake in within the next decade

[@williamviloria]

@@robertramsey8871 I'm studying CyberSecurity in the Dominican Republic and I find interesting your point, so I'm going to try to learn more about electronics while studying CyberSecurity. I think it's not bad to diversify my knowledge and prepare for the future.

[@paultidwell8799]

for the algorithm. just doing my part to be a team player.

[@dougtilaran3496]

Please. Leave algore out of this 😉

[@hugojmaia]

The biggest thing that bothers me with firefox is how resistant it is to having its interface modified to use less vertical screen space. Could easily shave 20 to 30% of the space it uses by cleaning up some lines. But they just don't want people using compact interfaces.

[@wtfisgoingon535]

??? You can only show your tabs and the url bar

[@hugojmaia]

@@wtfisgoingon535 I mean making it more compact on top of the option of hiding the bookmarks toolbar. Even the "not supported" compact option that can be turned on in about:config is too thick for my taste.

[@monke5198]

Set uidensity to 1 in about:config

[@hugojmaia]

@@monke5198 Already set to that and I think the UI is too thick on that state which will probably be axed soon in updates.

[@muhammadmustafahassan7814]

@@hugojmaia set it to 0

[@Kiobao]

Note to self. Do not try this when you don't know what you are doing nor making a second profile first. I was simply told to harden my Firefox, found this video and tested it out. Now I'm so confused and lost my tabs and everything haha

[@GAKtion64]

I switched over to Firefox because I find it works way better than chrome as it is. Am also a fan of their sync feature. Constantly changing hardware so this is useful. Hopefully this gets people to come over.

[@JesterJones]

Can't wait to hear about what you think on the twitch leak :)

[@MentalOutlaw]

just saw that, all these leaks are keeping me really busy

[@PinkBunnyCorporation]

@@MentalOutlaw yeah. Ill bet you they will use these to justify some bs authoritarian lockdown or spying crap in the near future.

[@damiangrouse4564]

Could all these leaks be some kinda false flag to get us desensitized to not expect our data/ privacy to be safe? These are huge corporations with great resources and tech knowledge.

[@JordanKeller]

oh hey jester didn't expect to see you here, hope you are doing well (:

[@AriannaEuryaleMusic]

I need more Facebook leaks

[@DeirdreYoung1]

I remember when Gecko was tops, and having it in Thunderbird was super awesome for RSS. TB is still the best RSS reader around... and RSS is dying. Sigh.

[@hanelyp1]

A shame about RSS being abandoned by so many sites. Combined with a good reader it could remedy most of the pain of following content on umpteen different hosts.

[@ProofLou]

It has lost on popularity, but I don't think it's dying. What's changed is that now people are using websites like feedly to aggregate their feeds than a traditional rss manager.

[@DeirdreYoung1]

@@ProofLou Remember when Firefox supported RSS right in the browser? Big news sites are dropping RSS, and it's getting trickier to access even if you know about it, which many people don't. If not dead yet, RSS is definitely dying.

[@CanaldoMiauOfficial]

google news is killing rss, feedly is saving

[@ravitejaknts]

@@CanaldoMiauOfficial If something is killing another. Then it seems like people having a different opinion.

[@Luc-SA-Hi-World]

Make Firefox Great Again! Firefox is my main and only browser. It allows me to do several modifications in everything I want! Nice video.

[@rayanmazouz9542]

Changing your resolution in this case is worse than keeping it at default. Think about it, most people have a 180p screen, but you may be the single one in your city using that resolution you're spoofing.

[@windowsxseven]

180p

[@SlightHipster]

180p

[@francescocastaldo7469]

180p

[@rayanmazouz9542]

Am i the only one here with a screen that has the resolution 108 by 192 ?

[@inciallen]

108p

[@luanalatte]

Such a good guide. Not going too crazy with tracking protection to the point where the web browser becomes a hassle to use. An annoying thing for users like us though is that dark mode preferences can also be used for tracking, but even then this might be becoming less of a problem as more and more services finally adopt dark mode settings and people start using it.

[@RedstoneDefender]

Question: Considering the current state of monitors, wouldn't you want to spoof your screen size to 1080p? Wouldn't putting it to some strange number like 1800x900 just scream to anyone **cough** NSA **cough** "Look it's a TOR user!" ??

[@literallydeadpool]

Here's how to fix the resolution change with a JavaScript editor. 1) go into the JavaScript file “user.js” 2) click the “Find” button 3) type in “letterboxing” 4) delete any lines mentioning privacy.ResistFingerprinting.Letterboxing 5) save the file

[@lazekarazas]

@@Valdraya TOR isn’t useable as a daily driver

[@mintme1876]

Yeah but the point is that they don’t know your actual res. They can identify that you’re spoofing but won’t know what your native res is.

[@mintme1876]

I agree though it is a bit needless

[@Charvin]

What still keeps me on firefox now is nostalgia and the containers extension, which is now built into firefox since last 2 versions.

[@borat1]

Thanks MO. Based from the beginning.

[@sadrobot7144]

Dark reader is a really good extension. Have been using it for quiet a while now. The problem with all the extensions is, that they start bloating up the browser at a certain point. By the way, you can set a timer in that extension, so it triggers at night and turns off in the morning.

[@Levoltas]

Dark reader so far was the only extension that significantly slowed the browser atleast to me

[@openmech]

Extension "Dark Background and Light Text" seems to perform ok for me on most sites.

[@visthj]

Dark reader has a huge performance impact on my device, no matter what version of ff I use, or even its hardened versions, like librewolf or fennec.

[@Eliotime3000]

Since Brendan Eich has been kicked-off from Mozilla, Firefox never came to be the same.

[@alessandrorossi1294]

Of course. Brendan Eich invented Javascript and co-founded Mozilla to begin with. If the org he founded can't see past a milquetoast $1000 dollar donation to a California Prop 8 campaign 15 years earlier, how do you expect such a psychotic org to produce anything of worth in the future?

[@MrMcShroom]

You monster. Don't you know that awful piece of crap supports families, and made the easiest to learn programming language? He EVEN privately donated to the wrong political organization. I am going on twitter right now to tweet about your awful comment.

[@yestermonth]

Firefox didn't even want to kick him, the pink hair employees did.

[@tiagotiagot]

Having to install a script that changes a bunch of browser settings seems less secure than just looking at a list and doing the settings yourself...

[@svenbenglen7599]

pale moon is what i use, very good very nice great expandability and transparency

[@rijaja]

I have a question about the border. Since basically everyone uses a 1080p screen, won't it be much easier to track the few people who are browsing in 1800*900?

[@igorthelight]

I think using 1800x900 is "antispoofing" ;-)

[@Codec264]

I think that was just a demonstration of it, if u are using uncommon resolutions

[@igorthelight]

@@Codec264 Sadly - no. It's used just as it was shown in the video - setting your super average resolution to something very obscure. TOR does that. Even if you are using it under TailsOS. That make little sense to me.

[@igorthelight]

@@dslylsd Most likely. And I find that... anti-spoofing. It's like all secret agents would wear a red scarf ;-)

[@alnoso]

for tor it's different, since everyone going to a website will seem like the same person. for firefox going into reddit or something it's kinda stupid, since being someone who does something like this on a mainstream website really narrows down the people that need to be tracked to find you

[@juliapaci]

for decentraleyes, (like you said in your Firefox add-ons video) i prefer localcdn, this is because it updates more regularly (like you said) and it doesn't automatically support networks without your permission. i havnt had an in depth looks at diffs from each of their source code but it could just be that localcdn hasnt said anything about this, plus localcdn is a fork of decentraleyes so it would be impressive if they got rid of that.

[@juliapaci]

@Swiftypop localcdn - "Emulates remote frameworks (e.g. jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS) and delivers them as local resource.", decentraleyes - " It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries" (source: firefox addons). after some investigating i have found out that apart from quality of life changes (localcdn working out of the box with ublock origin), decentraleyes works a lot better with not breaking sites. i really cant find any other pros or cons. p.s, i still haven't had a good look at the source code for any of them so i got this information from what they say on they're many platforms and my own knowledge (i could be wrong).

[@juliapaci]

ill switch to decentraleyes for a week and see if i see any difference.

[@skippystyles]

@Swiftypop I'm curious too which is better, i keep switching between the 2 and it seems like local CDN would support more frameworks and in turn would have to pull even less requests than decentraleyes. Is there a definitive answer as to which is better?

[@ronsandahl274]

I got tired of Firefox BS and switched to Waterfox, which is a Firefox branch focused on privacy. I have been super happy with it.

[@yusky03]

I used Firefox for years and years and moved over to chromium based browsers due to rendering engine compatibility issues so I am damned if I do and damned if I don't.

[@knightrider585]

How much does disabling all these settings mean you are fingerprinted by having them disabled?

[@eMorphized]

@@valley5882 enough people use IceCat that LibreJS isn't that good an identifier.

[@afgh1408]

I finally gave up on it tbh. Really liking Vivaldi now.

[@MrFlox888]

I tried it a while ago, it's the most bloated browser I've every used. Also, it's not open-source and it definitely tracks you. I ended up abandoning it because the company behind it isn't all that trustworthy.

[@afgh1408]

@@MrFlox888 does have bloat, but almost all the "bloat" was stuff I installed already.

[@lucywucyyy]

librewolf is where its at

[@dougtilaran3496]

There was one here. I got Brave and shot the bazzid

[@thecashewtrader3328]

@@dougtilaran3496 oh nice

[@enriktigasna]

Firefox gang still

[@literallydeadpool]

Is it possible to change the screen size back to 1080p? Edit: I just did. I found how to fix this but it requires a JavaScript editor. 1) go into the JavaScript “user.js” 2) click the “Find” button 3) type in “letterboxing” 4) delete any lines mentioning privacy.ResistFingerprinting.Letterboxing 5) save the file

[@brandoned]

you're the best thanks

[@melamino]

thx

[@drawerganizer785]

The resolution change has me scratching my head a bit. For one it still allows them to fingerprint your browser. It may not be the correct size, but it's still a consistent data point. It's also the more unusual data points that are the most useful for fingerprinting purposes, just like the spoofed user agent. It only works for the tor browser because everybody on tor is using the same browser. I would think making your browser look as common as possible would make it harder to fingerprint. Make the inner window size the same as if it were a vanilla instance of firefox running fullscreen on a vanilla instance of windows 10 on a 1080p screen. And use the default windows 10 user agent. Also I'm not sure if the changing the sendRefererHeader setting prevents the referrer from being read through javascript. There are plugins that can block both and can do that only for cross site requests which only blocks the referer if a site is loading an asset from a different domain and when you follow a link to a different site, which is less likely to break something.

[@literallydeadpool]

Here's how to fix the resolution change with a JavaScript editor. 1) go into the JavaScript “user.js” 2) click the “Find” button 3) type in “letterboxing” 4) delete any lines mentioning privacy.ResistFingerprinting.Letterboxing 5) save the file

[@yestermonth]

Looking unique can also be used to avoid fingerprint. If your details changes on every refresh or every new session, the website finds it hard to tell it's you.

[@ENTERTAINMENT-lf2wy]

It's funny because a few months ago I switched to Firefox and found it much better than Chrome. The extensions it provides are far more functional as well and the browser itself by default is far more private and customizable.

[@flawlesscode6471]

the one giant problem firefox has is performance. its about 25% slower than chromium

[@ENTERTAINMENT-lf2wy]

@@flawlesscode6471 but if you have a somewhat powerful computer it's perfectly fine. I have i7 7700, 32GB of RAM and GTX 1060. Most things. including many games are still work just fine.

[@ENTERTAINMENT-lf2wy]

As for laptops, i wouldn't know. I do have a few laying around but barely use them, and when I do it's generic stuff. Personally I don't consider laptops "computers". They're toys.

[@dougtilaran3496]

Eddie Griffin once commented on this. I believe he said : Nigga Pleez

[@flawlesscode6471]

@@ENTERTAINMENT-lf2wy I notice some screen tearing and performance issues on my i7 8700 32gb ram rtx 2060 super machine, as well as my two smaller laptops

[@MikeOxlong-]

Firefox needs a WHOLE lot of help if you want to use it while keeping even some semblance of privacy. I will say though however, that at least we still HAVE the ability to make the necessary changes towards this (for now)... But again - A LOT MORE is required than explained here (unfortunately)...

[@Oniichanani]

like what

[@nafezqanadilo9150]

@@Oniichanani like getting rid of all proprietary blobs inside its code.

[@manuell3505]

Agreed, the whole thing is anti-modular and refuses to provide information about errors and traffic. It's 1 obfuscated blob that hides a lot. People are being misled. I would donate a lot to a project that publicly rejects any authority from the current project-management itself, governments and the advertising market to tear the whole thing in tiny pieces and make a modular fully configurable system. The first thing on the agenda should be a full cancel of everything that associates with java. That's like bs computing.

[@porehebdkdb1987]

DAMN!!!! You have made my browser faster! No joke my 2015 macbook pro is as fast as an m1! Thx mate.

[@MAC...]

Question: Wouldn't having extensions or software block forms of tracking be its own finger print, since I imagine only a small percentage of the population would have the tracking blocked??

[@user8921]

I use librewolf as my default browser from years but I really like how chromium forks performs better in terms of speed.

[@mrsansiverius2083]

Redditors: I use Firefox because I don't want to normalize corporate standards so that other options won't be supported by devs! Also redditors: *uses systemd*

[@midorifox]

more like: Also redditors: shill hard for anything corporation on top of not using alternatives, lol.

[@eMorphized]

I use systemd because systemd works the way I like it. It works using kernel features and compiled code so that everything boots in parallel and does so quickly. To get around the problem of configuration, it uses separate tools which interface with the services. Plus the services can be run separately from each other, while still obviously integrating well and sharing a design philosophy. And if a program doesn't support systemd services, all you need is a text file. If I wanted something else I'd switch. But time and time again I use systemd. I even use systemd-networkd on my Arch VMs.

[@IBMboy]

Sir, you should disable Pocket integration by going to about:config and change extensions.pocket.enabled to false

[@Zaptosis]

Thanks, just did that now

[@ozenthelewdable5427]

what in the ass is Firefox Pocket anyway?

[@slicedcube]

@@ozenthelewdable5427 easy accesible bookmarks, ig?

[@ba-bi6zf]

Nice one, been using Firefox for a while learned a lot thanks !

[@deez_narts]

Never heard of SearX before today. Did I just wake up?

[@briananeuraysem3321]

*wake up, wake up, wake up, you’re dreaming, waking up*

[@magenta4926]

excellent as always. I also like Basilisk browser, it's a version of the gecko browser that supports all the old add-ons and even Flash :D

[@fazejohncenachristogamerfaze]

Like pall moon browser?

[@zeddism]

Cool video, I found your channel recently and it's quickly become one of my favourites. Have you considered making a video on Bedrock Linux?

[@HikingFeral]

Firefox is the last bastion of non-Chromium based, open source browsers. We need to make sure Firefox survives but if it looks like it's dying I really hope a team somewhere out there is working on an open source Firefox based alternative. I even use Thunderbird on my Windows machine as well as other FOSS replacements.

[@Gofishefurwitz]

It's over

[@foxtailedcritter]

This is very nice little touches that add extra privacy. I love it.

[@ifti619]

Thank you so much M.O. for making this video. #makefirefoxgreatagain.

[@spaceguybob]

I love brave. Used to use firefox but even now I notice the slowdown compared to chrome

[@Eichro]

Went to Brave precisely because Firefox started performing like turd.

[@spaceguybob]

@@Eichro same, what is your brave setup like? My extensions are dark reader + ublock + a few tracking blockers. And as for theme is set to GTK+ as I run debian

[@Eichro]

@@spaceguybob my setup is pretty vanilla actually, i think my only plugin is feedbro

[@spaceguybob]

@@Eichro you should try dark reader. It's pretty good for saving your eyes

[@epicgrapefruit7563]

It is a shady company tho and of course you are still stuck with less powerful extensions which will be even worse when v3 is enforced in 2023

[@j2simpso]

The big thing that's missing from Firefox really is the innovation. Where is the user activity tracking and other innovations we see in Chrome on Firefox?

[@QWIILXEY]

lol

[@gooddonuts9450]

yikes

[@lemonheins2720]

what.

[@yoimvision]

Excuse me?

[@teacon7]

"competition is what forces greatness" ...well said sir

[@ZackSeven]

Firefox has competition, it ain't great!

[@iKiwed]

Don't hate me, but I like Opera. Got back after years of Firefox acting weird and Chrome being super slow. It's nice.

[@tedmoore86]

This channel and comment section are awesome. But why stop at Firefox let's revive Netscape Navigator and make it great again.

[@eMorphized]

It needs HTML3 support

[@paultidwell8799]

I still use windows but am Bash literate and occasionally go over and peak and see how far along Gaming on Linux has come, recently I went over and my darling FFXI was supported but the windower and all the 3rd party apps my play style has become pretty dependent on were not as they make use of a lot of more recent code so I had to switch back and It made me sad. I was learning a lot. I was running Ubuntu at the time. At some point I am wanting to try the gentoo install just as a learning experience. The Thing is my Feelings about gaming on Linux are that it suffers a Catch 22 problem in that very few people use Linux and therefor very few people develop software to play Games on Linux and thus it perpetuates the lack of compatibility the operating system suffers from from a "Normie" who is becoming less Normies perspective. I don't think being ordinary is a good thing. ;p I also love the command line because It's ruthlessly efficient, Fuck GUIs. Waste of resources most of the time.

[@imgladnotu9527]

Terminals are cool. Until the documentation for them or "--help" results arent.

[@laharl2k]

To be honest i reciently ditched palemoon for brave on an old phenom 1 x4 because palemoon was slow and on top of that many sites just dont work properly on firefox. I used to use firefox for everything but quality has fallen ever since they dropped xul plus they never fixed the memory consuption and all the slowness problems and on top of that they added lots of bloat and glowy crap

[@teddysadcat]

mozilla is so pozzed at this point i'd use Chrome out ot spite

[@Victor-vw5zq]

When I grow up I wanna be just like Mental Outlaw :D

[@IbilisSLZ]

Btw. duckduck go actually support night mode (and has few more themes), it can be changed (IIRC it uses cookie to remember it) in it's settings (upper right corner of screen) or adding /settings#theme to duckduckgo's adress (I won't post whole adress not to be marked as spam)..

[@codebitcookie8053]

Amazing video, thank you as always Mental Outlaw!

[@sifodyas_]

Mr. Four-eyed cat man, great video as always. What do you think about pi-hole?

[@michaelvigato3228]

"these professionals could still do the majority of their workflow on Linux, and only move to Windows for very specific things" - given that (which is still arguable), why would they? Why would you fragment your workflow into two separate OS with two different pieces of software for each scope? You technically could, but it would be a straight downgrade compared to just doing everything in an environment capable of supporting 100% of your workflow. "But the average user only uses a web browser, they wouldn't even notice they're on Linux" - true, as long as you're only using your web browser, you don't care about the underlyings. As long as you're using this very strict subset of what a PC can do, you'll notice no difference. Linux works just fine and gives you zero problems as long as you don't actually use your PC for most of the things it's meant to be used for. "I'd say you actually waste more time on windows because the setup is slow" - also true, you recover that time when you plug in your peripherals and they work, though. "Mint is like a Civic: it always runs and it never breaks down" - except when it does, which is very often compared to Windows in my experience. Your mileage may vary, though. I used Mint for the better part of my CS degree, and use Ubuntu in my job (both considered very stable distros) and I face issues that require my time to fix on a weekly basis. I also got my BIOS corrupted and rendered read-only by Ubuntu 17.10, but that's another story. "Linux is more secure" - yeah, true "The value of your time is self-determined" - also true Linux based systems will require more maintenance time than Windows/MacOS, no sense in denying this. But you may love doing it, like a classic cars lover or the like: that is valuable, and if you deem that time is well spent because you enjoy what you're doing, that should be respected. Also tech lead is kind of a douchebag. I still appreciate your effort to get over your bias (it might be evident that I'm biased in the opposite direction). I watch your content to try and see through mine. So, even if I think your points in this specific videos are weak, thanks for the time you take to make this content for everyone to enjoy

[@Cuorion]

If your job involved you making money by elitist pc users with chase syndrome, you'd probably do whatever he does. :) To state the obvious, I 100% agree with all your points.

[@World_Theory]

I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on Palemoon and Basilisk. Only if you've used the for any significant time. This was a pretty interesting video though. One feature I'd like to see adopted by most or all web browsers, is the ability to force the browser to use no more than a certain amount of RAM and processing resources. Like the browser Opera GX is supposed to do.

[@World_Theory]

I know a streamer who uses Opera GX as a part of their streaming set-up, because it doesn't take up too much real-estate. They stream VR games, and that's already very demanding on their laptop due to VR being so new and unpolished. There's a lot of software that needs to run for VR. They also use VR tracking for facerig type virtual avatars, when playing desktop games on stream.

[@World_Theory]

There are actually a great many streamers doing this kind of thing. I'm sure they'd love the ability to limit their web browser's resource usage. Along with other programs. Most PC VR users use Windows at the moment, by the way. Most cheaper VR headsets on the market require software from the manufacturer, that only runs on Windows. The ones that are compatible with Linux are both over 1000 USD.

[@World_Theory]

On the 5th of October, just recently, there was a new AR/VR headset kick starter launched, called the Lynx R1. It met its funding goal in less than a day. It looks really promising, and it's from a very legit looking company in France. The reason it caught my interest, is that it's advertised as a very open headset. The developers said they will allow users root access to the Android OS.

[@World_Theory]

It might be made compatible with Linux, but they seemed a little unsure about that. This was just before the kick starter launched though. I'll have to see how they feel about Linux compatibility after they have a lot more pre-orders. There's a details I've skipped here. You can look it up yourself if you're interested. But I think the price of less that 500 USD is pretty good for what it is, as it's not even being subsidized by a big company who plans to make the sales cost back through advertising data and game sales.

[@World_Theory]

Something else you might like to know, is that the AI youtube moderators rwally like deleting my comments. All of those replies above, were originally a single comment. Had to post separately, so they wouldn't trigger the robo mods.

[@pentaboss1351]

I have been using Firefox since I first started using a PC, and will probably be using it for a while

[@zainjadoon759]

Stocks, Money, Crypto (finance videos make the most Kenny) Just doing my part

[@phr3ui559]

wut

[@egg5474]

Somebody has to shill for the shitcoins!

[@egg5474]

@@phr3ui559 It’s all about that CPM and ad bids, if you only get 100 views but they’re all C-level guys with wads of cash to blow you’ll make as much as someone with thousands of views, in other words quantity vs quality.

[@boogelymoogely8851]

"Like and comment to hack the algorithm" is a fantastic line lmao

[@OccultDemonCassette]

Will this setup help get around a reddit sitewide suspension or will we also need to use a VPN?

[@koalaasaowly4822]

I love your videos, keep the good work!

[@beardalaxy]

The issue with the whole "support competition" thing is that chromium usually just straight up performs better than gecko does. Brave in particular is probably the fastest browser right now as far as I'm aware, while also taking up the least amount of resources (between the popular ones, at least). Supporting competition doesn't mean just going with another option, but going with the best option and encouraging the others to meet that standard. I was using Waterfox up until Brave started becoming more appealing to me, switched and got better performance and efficiency, and am still happy with that choice. Until something rolls around that can do what Brave does better, I won't be switching, because doing so just for the sake of giving a weaker browser a higher market share is pointless.

[@comradepeter87]

Gecko's stronghold is performing better the more cores you provide. On a quad-core it's better than my CPUs, but on an octa-core the experience is much much smoother than Chrome.

[@MrTonyBarzini]

Ok use Chromium until the competition gets snuffed out and the google monopoly becomes solidified. Thank you for your service

[@asdasddas100]

Idk if the competition thing applies as much because V8 has to do things outside of the browser sphere IE nodejs. I feel like if other engines died tomorrow V8 development/improvements would be full throttle because so much depends on it

[@uis246]

First of all Mozilla's CEO should be fired. Second - all rusty code should be removed.

[@Crus0e]

I'll change from brave to firefox, thank you mental outlaw. I was waiting for some decentralized open source sofware video. Greetings from Italy

[@zajlord2930]

wait so this replaces the older vids where you modified firefox or this just adds on top of it?

[@igorthelight]

Replaces

[@zajlord2930]

@@igorthelight thx

[@whoman0385]

perfect way to break 99% of websites

[@kannanretro]

I'm a normie, I just want a browser that has the same features as Opera GX. A really good PiP mode with progress and volume scroll bars, and the ability to manage how much RAM and CPU uses. The gamer aesthetic stuff doesn't matter, but I use those two feautures constantly and none of the other open source browsers I've tried have anything close to it.

[@odysseas4os]

Why not LocalCDN instead of Decentraleyes?

[@karasikuk]

5:15 so you want to replace one rare screen metadata with another, but even more rarer so any advanced tracking service would know it is definitely not you?

[@kosherkingofisrael6381]

Its there to standardize the fingerprint of all their users. Instead of them identifying you as any single user, they only identify you as a user.

[@Keirnoth]

What's your opinion of forks like Pale Moon and Waterfox?

[@MP-tz2yn]

The devs of pale moon are cancer

[@spiritofstar]

@@MP-tz2yn why

[@MP-tz2yn]

@@spiritofstar they copyright claimed a bunch of forks for "abuse of mozilla license" and forced them to delete their github repos despite the fact that what they did was fair use and pale moon wasn't even originally made by them to begin with. also the head dev is a fat neckbeard look him up

[@TiroDvD]

Brave is nice, but man Firefox is superior for organizing Bookmarks.

[@GlenMerlin]

10:00 They said they've removed it from recent updates because all browsers and browser engines have patched the IP address leak except for Safari with Apple Web Kit (which uBlock doesn't support) and Firefox on Android (Fix is in the works but hasn't been implemented yet)

[@SpringySpring04]

Lmao, makes sense that Apple wouldn't be able to do that yet

[@Frank_Erz]

Thanks for the warning that it would reset literally everything every time you close Firefox...

[@BUDA20]

you can also code your own browser, it will take the same time that all that modifications

[@chillappreciator885]

Yeah, let's struggle with Firefox today for the greater goods in future

[@midorifox]

I wish Falkon would have more support for plugins. the default adblocker doesn't block ads at all.

[@ugrobolha111]

Why do I need resolution spoofing if I have a 1920x1080 monitor? You said that spoofing is for everyone having the same resolution so its untrackable, but the majority of the people have 1920x1080 monitors so then whats the point

[@ZIGAG1999]

what's the distro? also for some reason your terminal acts different to mine. i'm guessing its just Arch.

[@namenotappropriate8756]

it might be Gentoo in a VM. The host name "GentBox" is what gave me this idea

[@user-hx7dc9uz6s]

"for some reason your terminal acts different to mine" well yes that might be because you can install a huge variety of terminal emulators and customize them to no end...

[@namesurname4666]

Firefox needs a profile switcher like chrome, it's the first feature i would like

[@Mario583a]

It kinda does. about:profiles

[@SscripterR]

Any way to make it not auto log out the user from sites (KZbin for example) upon the browser shutdown? Already managed to make it save session but it still logs me off unfortunately.

[@hei7846]

I use the Auto delete cookies add on and on it just whitelist sites like KZbin etc

[@darkithnamgedrf9495]

Brave has its own search engine now

[@no1insanevladi]

this video will save my life since i've switched to firefox from chrome... you are slowly poisoning me in a good way

[@zydiz]

what is your distro/window manager? looks real cool!

[@GigantTech]

Is there a way to get the old theme on the new version?

[@SidSharma108]

Hello sir Should we also use 'privacy badger'? And what's the difference in pricacy badger and decentraleyes?

[@madokalover]

I don't use Firefox but this is a good video for those who do and you deserve an algorithm bump from this comment.

[@nenoarisma]

This videos was added to my survey on google rewards

[@MrAman47]

The moment firefox stopped following its own privacy guidelines from years ago, I switched to another browser that looked nicer and performed better.

[@AC-zw8us]

And which browser would that be?

[@Christopher-ew7jw]

What is the benefit of this instead of Librewolf? (I'm currently using Brave, but open to switching)

[@jyudat4433]

It’s sad cuz the tech company I work for is cutting support for Firefox in their cloud software stack

[@jyudat4433]

They released that 3% of users are on it :/

[@leetspuushtalk7565]

Now I can search for "cows" in peace, knowing that no one will know my ip. thanks.

[@princemj]

These thumbnails are the best...

[@JoeBlow69938]

Thanks! Helpful and informative.

[@snadwichbcuzyes3359]

I personally jumped from firefox as my main browser and started using palemoon

[@BryceCorbitt]

I reckon Twitch is on your radar by now, but would love to see a video on the leak

[@nareshmaharjan1738]

I use other browser too but browse mostly by firefox for privacy purpose.