It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • cybirdman@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    Please try Zen browser. I can’t go back to any other browser since I switched

      • cybirdman@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        It has a strong focus on workflow improvements. I love the way it handles pinned tabs where third party links open as a modal and you can reset the tab with a middle click. It also has very good workspace management and useful keybinds.

    • MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      How does Zen handle blocking adds? I peeked at them but didn’t see anything like uBlock in the mod list. No proton mods there either, which is a tough sell for me.

      Usability looks awesome though. I’m tempted for that alone.

      Edit: I just realized it’s a fork like WaterFox so it will just work. I did also learn there are some weird check ins with Google on that browser though, so maybe not the more security focused browser I’m looking for.

      • cybirdman@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        That’s fair, it was based on a similar browser called Arc that had ambitions to reinvent browsing. That one was chromium based though and maintenance stopped when they wanted to create another AI powered browser. Then the Zen people recreated Arc as an open source browser based on Firefox. I was already used to Arc so Zen was familiar.

        I think there are a lot of benefits to the way the UI is laid out, give it a try you without changing any defaults for a week or so, you might get hooked.

    • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Zen’s not great on a multi-monitor setup, but I like it otherwise. Video playback has been improved a ton since I last tried it.

      • cybirdman@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        What is your issue with multi monitor setups? On my Mac and Linux machines I have no issues