It’s not like Firefox doesn’t collect user data at all. Vivaldi is hard to seriously fault in that area.

Unfortunately, Firefox lacks some features that make it a little clumsy at times. But for general use it is great. I keep it installed and use it almost every day because I believe in the browser engine and the need for diversity in that area. It’s just not for every need. At least not for me. That’s where Vivaldi and Edge have to help.

I’d venture out there and say Vivaldi in functionality and customisation.

Privacy probably not, though Vivaldi does quite well.

Sadly it’s a Chromium browser.

Edit: a simple comparison.

Chromium - and thus Google - dominates the Internet way too much. This causes trouble and has the potential to cause a lot more trouble in the future.

This has been discussed many times before, of course.

I just launch Firefox with this option:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager

Always launches with the profile selector. Then install a profile switcher extension. Done.

Unfortuntaley 1) it doesn’t really come out of the box and 2) the extension must be installed on every single profile. Not the most obvious or user friendly.

Looking at the world getting worse every single day and realising that so few people care that we’re essentially doomed unless some miracle happens.

Here is an alternative: Comment on OpenStreetMaps.

OpenStreetMap (OSM)

OpenStreetMap is a free, editable map of the world, created and maintained by millions of volunteers. It includes data about roads, buildings, shops, points of interest, and more.

Many of the benefits of Google Maps without all its spying and advertising.

Bonus in line with this: OsmAnd.

Edit: a more lightweight, but fully FOSS OSM client: Organic Maps. Blazing fast and under constant development.

Edit 2: Here is a Lemmy community dedicated to OsmAnd: !osmand@lemmy.ml

That’s a far cry from what Ditto can do.

This article might help answer that question for you.

Would be great to have sources for the less obvious answers.

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan (in No Man’s Sky)

“Sometimes people make choices that leave them alone.” - Bastion

“The Old Ones perished because they didn’t embrace change.” - Aratak, Horizon Zero Dawn

Throw the man am email. He might help.

bartbonte.com

They eat them. But there is no need to do so. It’s a tradition.

Source: Britannica.

This source also highlights the hypocrisy of saying that there’s a focus on animal welfare.

I stand corrected. I misread the last paragraph.

I edited my comment accordingly.

Source.

Where’s that from?

“Whaling in the Faroe Islands is conducted in accordance with international law and globally recognized principles of sustainable development,” according to the island’s government website. “It is sustainable and fully regulated, with a strong emphasis on animal welfare, and a requirement today for participants to be licensed to use the mandatory methods and equipment. Whale drives only take place in bays that are officially approved for the purpose, and only schools of whales found in close proximity to land, usually within one nautical mile, are driven ashore.”

The fact that it has to be justified in this way shows that something isn’t right. Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right.

Also, what kind of nonsense is this: “with a strong emphasis on animal welfare”. It’s a species hunted and killed by the hundreds! What kind of welfare is seen there!?

Humans’ way of justifying their dubious morals can be disgusting!

Everything by Bart Bonte.

Fantastic. Whoever wrote this had an inspired day.

I feel such a sentiment can be misguided, because it can lead someone to be utterly discontent.

Applied properly with perspective, it can lead to discoveries about oneself, of course.

“A man chooses, a slave obeys.” — BioShock

From Andrew Ryan, the founder of Rapture, the underwater utopia gone wrong in BioShock. This is Ryan’s philosophy valuing individual freedom and rationality over collectivism and morality. I can never decide whether I agree with this or not. There’s truth in it, but it can be misguided and extreme as well.