Ladybird is a browser being developed (as an offshoot of the SerenityOS project) with the goal of having no connection to Google, so no Chromium (like Arc, Brave, etc), and no advertising ties for search (as Safari and Firefox have). I'm intrigued, although it's also a hell of a hefty goal, but it's something I'm interested in keeping an eye on.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @16d86e9daa 18 Sep
Overall, Ladybird has the potential to create a more user-centric browsing experience, addressing many pain points in existing browsers.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 18 Sep
Ok the first thing I do when setting up a new device is reset Firefox search engine preference to Duckduckgo...deleting google search and bing etc in the process.
Did not realise Firefox get hundreds of millions for making google the default search engine but it makes sense.
The problem I see with ladybird is that Firefox already stands out as the best of a bad bunch yet firefox never gets market dominance-
So is there a risk that Ladybird splits the already smallish number of people who value privacy and data integrity and makes both firefox and ladybird uneconomic?
I have no doubt google has tried to destroy Firefox and will always try to destroy any and all alternative to Googles market capture dominance.
Also there's already Epiphany browser in Linux and Midori.
Free from any google sponsorship as far as I know.
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