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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet (fosstodon.org)
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Your choice of browser matters — Google's Web DRM and the open internet

https://grafcube.codeberg.page/blog/2023/08/06/web-drm-api.html

I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.

@opensource @privacy #webintegrityapi #WEI #google #mozilla #chrome #firefox #chromium #foss #opensource #OpenWeb #privacy #drm #nodrm #drmfree #freesoftware #browser

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[–] BearPear@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have been using Firefox since the release of Firefox 57 aka Firefox Quantum in 2017. I love the browser and most of sites run well in firefox. But there have been a few cases where I had to use a chromium based browser.

Firefox + Ublock origin is a great and awesome combo.

I also use Firefox on android. It is okay, but I sometimes feel it is slow at loading some sites. But it is not a big deal.

[–] BearPear@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, also Firefox is the only mainstream browser on Android that supports installing extensions.

[–] debeluhar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This. I switched to Firefox on Android, because of extensions. At the same time I switched to Firefox on Windows. And I never looked back. The only problem I have is native support for PWA on Firefox for desktops (we can add support with 3rd party app), and backgorund notifications doesn't work on PWAs on Firefox for Android

[–] jungekatz@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird , I have been using ff , twitter pwa for years and notifs work for me , although i voluntarily disabled notifs now !

[–] debeluhar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hm... It doesn't work for me on my own app, where notifications are main part of the app. It does work on Chrome for Android and on both Chrome and Firefox on Windows, but on Firefox I never received a single notitication. And all notifications are enabled. I will try to remove and add PWA in firefox again and we will see. Is there some PWA app where I can test if notitications are working? I am not using Twitter.

[–] jungekatz@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago

There is a telegram pwa i think but i use the open source app for that !

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I could never browse the internet without mobile firefox and ublock origin.