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This was an interesting read. While hard to unlink from each other, this guide emphasized the most ethical browser to use as an individual. I'm also interested in the most ethical browser to use collectively. It's our collective responsibility to support better web standards and avoid monocultures

My concern with privacy focused browsers which are based on Chromium is it attracts already scarce "non-Chrome" users who would otherwise use a non-Chromium browser like Firefox, Safari, etc. Ironically, this is leading to the decline in non-Chromium browser market share overall.

Chromium dominance/monoculture leads to dominance in setting and propagating web standards, user expectations (soft power), browser modularity (or lack thereof), not to mention systemic security and privacy risks. As such, collectively, we should want to avoid this outcome.

I think it’s cool that you shared this and Vivaldi doesn’t even seem to be the top rated overall browser. One of the things that is kind of glossed over in the article is different browsers behave differently depending on the user’s hardware. It’s a lot of Your Mileage May Vary.

we've always been pro-choice, and proponents of everyone having alternatives that suit them. That's why we've for years been involved in regulatory efforts in antitrust cases too. Thanks for appreciating it!

Payroll. OK, I understand you need to be paid. But nope.

PAYWALL!

did you scroll down? It's a long article, even though some of it is hidden for non-subscribers