Would love more expert opinions about the different Firefox forks
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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unfortunately other forks depend on mozilla survival for thier survival as forks.
Would love to see an iOS version. I do enjoy the FireFox functionality of seeing tabs on other devices easily.
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I don't understand this part:
Waterfox’s governance has allowed it to do something no other fork has (and likely will not do) - trust from other large, imporant third parties which in turn has given Waterfox users access to protected streaming services via Widevine.
Widevine is the defacto standard proprietary technology for DRM-locked content. It's used by all the major streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. Without it, publishers would not make their content available to those platforms for fear of rampant piracy, especially for high quality and 4K content. I guess Widevine requires some sort of vetted relationship with any browser that wants to use their tech.
Weird how every show / movie shows up in a full 4K rip on usenet the next day still. It’s almost like DRM doesn’t stop piracy.
High quality with their shitty bitrate? Lmao.
Their deal with Google for Widevine is separate from Mozilla, basically.
Been using it since near the beginning. Glad to hear!