I didn’t say it was exactly the same as FF, I said it immediately improved my experience of the Internet

Auto logouts are IMHO better for society. Putting friction between users and addictive algorithms is a simple way to encourage healthier and more mindful habits. It also encourages better security education

If people have questions like this it’s a good thing. It will make them aware of how much privacy they are giving up so they have to make intentional choices about how they design their digital life

Capitalists have really ruined the culture of UX by making it all about what’s good for keeping people hooked & helpless rather than what’s in our collective best interests

Well I was a Firefox user since 2005 and I’m really glad people responded with top answers to my questions like the one above. We all deserve better than the status quo.

I’ve been using LibreWolf for weeks and it hasn’t broken a single thing yet… not sure what you’re on about

I’ve yet to find anything that it broke after weeks of use… and anyway it takes two seconds to disable that for a few mins in the rare event it’s necessary.

Overall an unambiguously better internet experience on LibreWolf coming from years of FireFox for me.

I’m sorry but that’s absurd.

Switching to LibreWolf after YEAAAARS of Firefox took me less than five minutes. I’ve encountered exactly zero downsides and my experience of the internet immediately improved.

Nobody changes operating systems of any sort with such little friction.

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So the solution is to what… ? Raw dog it?

• mutually assured destruction: if a VPN starts leaking network activity it’s suicide for their business model
• distribution of concerns: VPN services as a rule don’t give a shit about your torrent traffic the way a copyright holder might care about your IP

If you’re out here creampie-ing the whole internet you don’t have either of those barriers but you still carry all of that risk.

Even condoms very rarely break that doesn’t make them in general useless. Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Perhaps? It works just fine for me but I’m a bit of a filthy casual who doesn’t torrent all that much

You need to pay for a VPN. It’s like a condom for the internet. Frankly, stop trying to avoid something that you should already be using.

Mullvad is a good start. Go purchase it.