Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox
2026-01-22 18:01 UTC
Replies (24)
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@dreamertech@linux-nerds.org 2026-01-23 04:50
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@Dequei@piefed.social 2026-01-22 18:07
Just use Librewolf
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@Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-22 21:20
Great move for those that don't want to migrate, but I'd recommend just switching to Vivaldi if you like chromium browsers, librewolf if you are used to Firefox, and if you use edge you aren't even reading this so whatever. Edit: I guess if you can get this to work on a work computer where edge is your only browser option perhaps, that would be nice.
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@RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2026-01-22 19:01
> Shopping features: coupon codes This feature doesn't seem like the others.
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@cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-01-23 11:51
or just download vivaldi or librewolf.
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@rando@lemmy.ml 2026-01-22 18:43
Would anyone know if this would work for all Firefox derivatives as well? Zen browser in my case. Also would it work for flatpak installations as well?
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@Kr4u7@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-22 18:58
afaik is that fixed by now - the team strongly opposes ai and stated that they want to keep it as clean as possible
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@Kr4u7@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-22 19:35
Fair and valid.
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@ruby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-23 16:53
your clock is off because you have resistfingerprinting turned on, so it puts you into utc+0 to prevent tracking. and you have to explicitly allow to save cookies for specific domains to not get logged out (check out the padlock icon in the status bar, there's an option to keep data for the domain you're on)
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@acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2026-01-23 14:48
The clock is part of their fingerprinting resistance strategy. It doesn't provide correct timezone info to sites.
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@Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 16:16
Sounds like a cookie isn't being saved, so they have to enter their 2fa every time instead of having the site trust the browser
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@Dequei@piefed.social 2026-01-23 07:35
That's why I recommend Waterfox instead to non technical users
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@in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 2026-01-23 15:13
I haven't experienced this behavior. Can you provide a URL for me to test against.
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@Dequei@piefed.social 2026-01-23 22:35
Ironfox
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@Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-22 18:40
I don't get what was wrong with the name of Internet Explorer.
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@bytesonbike@discuss.online 2026-01-23 15:55
Microsoft should replace "content sharing" with their original idea from the Zune... [Squirting](https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-guess-squirting-a-la-zune-didnt-turn-out-to-be-so-fashionable/).
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@flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2026-01-23 08:27
This shows how unhinged the whole recent hate on Firefox is. Turning off GenAI is literally one single setting AND Mozilla is doing things infinitely better than others (e.g. the translation feature is completely local, and having a chatbot in the sidebar is opt-in)
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-01-23 11:46
I have my settings in `/etc/firefox` and a symlink to distro's `/usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution`. Easier to remember.
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@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 17:44
> Don’t mind about the AI addition. > more privacy conscious Pick one.
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@kali_fornication@lemmy.world 2026-01-22 18:35
given what "edge" means among the teens these days, microsoft really should go back to the old browser name.....microsoft goon
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@guywithoutaname@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 04:27
FYI if you want to edit the Firefox policies directly and save it in /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json, this is the file they are using ```{ "policies": { "DisableFirefoxStudies": true, "DisableTelemetry": true, "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true, "FirefoxHome": { "SponsoredStories": false, "SponsoredTopSites": false, "Stories": false }, "GenerativeAI": { "Enabled": false }, "SearchEngines": { "Remove": [ "Perplexity" ] } } }`
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@Suavevillain@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 13:28
I switched to Watefox myself. It is comfy and no AI.
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@Bwaz@lemmy.world 2026-01-23 16:59
Or just use Waterfox.
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@AlexLost@lemmy.world 2026-01-24 18:26
I learned how to turn off the AI search mode and chrome immediately logged me out and pretended not to know my device. C'mon bro, just give it up already, we do t want your shitty product shoved down our throats. Waterfox it is, and they easily let me transfer all my bookmarks and passwords.