You DON'T Have To Use Google Chrome 

Using Firefox to keep the open Web alive.

Firefox. I've been using it for many, many years. It's stable, fast enough and works everywhere from my Linux computer to my Windows computer to either my iPhone or Pixel phones. It works and uses almost no resources compared to Chrome. Privacy is also VERY emphasized.

Surprised Firefox or Brave weren’t covered here. Would be interested in hearing your review on either browser.

I use Firefox and Vivaldi, Firefox because it's one of the few (if not only) modern browsers not based off of chromium, and Vivaldi for a few really useful features like tiling multiple tabs in a single window (up to 4 tabs at once). Also I think Vivaldi has the original Opera people behind it before Opera was sold out to China.

I believe they're getting all the engagement they where hoping for by deliberately leaving out Firefox.

Very disappointed not to see vanilla Firefox listed as an option. It has better extension support (especially on Android), is generally better about privacy and customization compared to Chrome, doesn't compromise on support or features, is widely available across all major platforms, and competes fiercely with Google's engines for rendering (Blink vs Gecko) and JavaScript (V8 vs SpiderMonkey). The only thing Chrome really has over it integration with the Google ecosystem, for obvious reasons.

I've been using opera for a little over a year now, and my favorite feature is the different workspaces. It makes it easier for me (engineering college student) to separate the different tabs I need into appropriate workspaces. Its very useful to separate tabs based on use or topic.

I used Brave a lot in the past, which is really fast and neat. Can't complain at all! However, since it's based off of Chrome, it of course has pretty high RAM usage when having multiple tabs open, which I always have since I work a lot on my computer. That being said, I have a lot of RAM installed, it's just the principle of "Why the hell do you need to use this much RAM?!" that finally tuned me away from Google based browsers and sent me back to Firefox

Was gonna comment how I'm very happily using Firefox, but I see I'm not the only one. Granted it's not as small of a player as the browsers listed here, but it really should not be overlooked. Open, easily made private, easy and quick to use, widespread support and extensions, been a happy Firefox user for years

I use Firefox. I've been happy with it for almost two decades. Glad that at least this Techquickie mentioned it... if only in the introduction to the LibreWolf. Really, you guys should do a Techquickie on modern Firefox. Yes, years back, Firefox went through a bad period with add-on updates and some (at the time) controversial user interface changes and it had a teething period with bad performance, but Firefox 110 isn't the same creature that Firefox 9 or Firefox 20 or Firefox 56 were.

I use Vivaldi and I recommend it wholeheartedly. It has the best customization and polish, so many settings, shortcuts, gestures and all the cool features like tab stacking and all those shenenigans make all other browsers feel like they're in the stone ages.

I've become an edge user. I use it for personal and business - I love that it detects the link I click and opens it in the right persona.

As others have mentioned, the first mention should have been Firefox as for my personal use, it has better basic functionalities like Bookmark/History manager and multiple tab management than Chrome, at least by default. Chrome can't even come close to opening the number of tabs Firefox can easily open with similar or less RAM usage.

Like most people have said, I've only ever used Firefox since like...the mid 00's. Best browser I've ever used and will keep using!

The biggest built-in feature that sold vivaldi to me was the customizable mouse gestures option. Also being able to save profiles, making it easier to sync tabs between devices really nice.

Arc is amazing. The windows version is being developed as we speak and it has an amazing community of developers. I feel that arc is a really good way to get started with trying alternative browsers, and the ui is amazing.

I started to use vanilla Firefox to spite Google a while ago. Honestly don't feel a difference between the two after a day of using, it's really good ☺️

Been using Firefox for over 15 years now. Only temporarily switched to Opera a long time ago, before going back to FF again. My only gripe with Firefox is that its usability was actually downgraded in one of the updates quite a while back, so it's not quite as good as it used to be.

great to see Vivaldi getting some credit. I've been on it almost a decade now and haven't even thought of switching back to Chrome. once you get used to mouse gestures you can never go back. opening, closing, and switching tabs without ever touching a menu feels amazing. Dark mode within Vivaldi beats every dark mode extension I've tried. And between the domain rewind, collapsible web panel, built-in notes, adaptive theming, vertical tabs, and tab snoozing, there's just no chance I'd ever use anything else!

Good ol' Firefox for me. Been trying to live with other mainstream browsers (majors Chrome-based flavors and Safari, mainly) and more privacy-oriented ones, kept coming back as it strikes the perfect balance. Also, it has a special place in my heart as the first browser I used other than the dreadful pile of hot garbage which was Internet Explorer 8.

Switched to Firefox a couple years ago when Google said they'd be axing ad blockers. It took a lot of work to get it customized to my liking but in the end I've got a more secure browser with a few extensions.

How come there is no mention of brave browser?

Really useful info, without extraneous material. Gonna go play with some of these I haven't already tried.

I've used Firefox since I got my first laptop, which had it as the default because it was my dad's laptop and he used Firefox (specifically Nightly). At some point I did use Chrome, and 5+ years ago I switched between Firefox and Brave once a year or something like that, until I settled on Firefox 3-4 or so years ago. Firefox forever!

Using Firefox since I got my little school netbook as a pre-teen. Never looked elsewhere. LibreWolf is an amazing fork of it, but I don't really need the extra tweaking that much. As other folks are saying around these parts, we need to keep the open Web alive and well! FOSS FTW!

I still love Mozzila Firefox. Since I first downloaded it way back when.... I have Google Chrome and Edge but never really use them. I can see how much my CPU temps rise when I just have Chrome open.

Opera GX, Edge, and Firefox are my favorites, but I mostly use Edge & Safari based on the device

I tried Opera, and it's super tedious for my use case. The side bar apps bug out with 2fa, and signing into sites using a Google account simply doesn't work. It's like a dead button. As for the mobile version, all the upsides are completely stripped and feel like an afterthought even though I need to use my phone more for university assignments while working. You can really sense that they haven't been in the game for a while.

Firefox hands down. Got sick of the heavy nature of chrome so went to GX, it was great for a few months but just got tired of needing to remember extra steps to do everything that was one click with chrome. Also the UI isn't as intuitive as they think it is, it can be annoying to navigate at points but brilliant at other points, it's a mixed bag. Dumped that for firefox a year ago and damn I have never even been tempted to change again once. It's so fast, it's instantly synced with my phone, everything is laid out so pretty and easy to find. I have had over 40 active tabs in Firefox with zero downsides while in chrome I'd see noticeable lag at 10

Brave + Firefox. I used to use Chrome for web development, but switched over to Firefox because of the Developer Edition features.

I've been using Opera for a few years now. I like it and the UI is very well done imo. So much better than the 'mainstream' ones

I was basically using chrome the entire time I used the internet. I only just recently started using edge. The Microsoft browser had come a long way over the years. Back in old days of internet explorer, it would take 51 years to load a web page and now Microsoft edge is just as fast as chrome. It also got a few features going for it, such as a built-in screen reader. I'm a college student and this is a game changer to me. When I was using chrome I was using an extension for that, it was janky at best but the one built-in into edge worked perfectly. I also like the new sidebar and Bing AI. There also made it easy to switch. I was able to transfer all of my bookmarks and passwords with a few clicks. Though I still have to change the default search engine (from Bing to Google) and install an ad blocker. Ain't nobody using Bing as their search engine. Microsoft had been trying to switch my search engine back but I won't let them.

I'll stick to Firefox, but Ungoogled Chromium sounds like a good option if I need a Chromium based browser at some point.

You may also want to install a user agent switcher extension to bypass sites insisting, that you *have* to download Chrome for it to work. As it turns out, usually those sites work just fine in any other browser, they are just too lazy to verify it, because forcing users to use Chrome is just easier.

I've never gotten off Firefox and never had any problems at all. They even seem to have fixed the memory problem that almost got me thinking back in like 2012 to switch ... but it's been smooth sailing since then

I started using Edge 2 months ago because i wanted something New. But i Was surprised with how much good it is it have all of chrome features and more like microsoft office kit, not eating your ram after opening 2 tabs like chrome does , faster and smother browsing, and a better design (for me). I'm very proud that I made this change and didn't stick to chrome like everyone

Been using firefox for over 15 years. Never regret

Firefox or brave are more than enough for most of the users. Using firefox on desktop and brave on mobile phone as default browser. Edit:( Firefox or brave are just fine for most of the users. I am using firefox on desktop and brave on mobile phone as default browser. )

Can you guys do a video on the most secure browser please? Maybe comparing them. Thank you. Love your quick tevch vids too. Alwasys short, sweet, and informative!

My favourite feature of Opera gx is the half working ad blocker and the automatic China connection to help sell my data

I use Brave, switched from Firefox because it was slow in some sites, and I love Brave!

firefox is the way to go. switched to it around a month ago and loving it this then

I switched to Brave some time ago. Never been happier with a browser before.

Arc is great as a Notion-only browser. Add a keyboard shortcut for launching it and you're golden.

Been using Firefox for years. Fast and open source, with good security if you change some settings. And if you customize the CSS, you can customize it to EXACTLY what you want.

Brave is my personal favorite browser to use. For my specific needs, it's perfect. It may be chromium-based, but it's about as different from Chrome as Firefox is, they even have their own Brave search engine separate from Google and the others.

How do you get a different browser without going through Google to get it from the play store ?

I've seen several opera gx ad spots and thought this was yet another one at first

Vivaldi also has an excellent tab tiling feature so you can view 2 or more webpages in the same window. Super useful when doing reference work

firefox >

For some reason, only one of these (GX) is available on the App Store😢

Using Firefox (ESR when possible, with firefox-ui-fix) so I can avoid unwanted design changes. If one website doesn't work (as sometimes happens) I open that website in whatever other browser is installed.

Brave browser is all I need feels like chrome and works with chrome extensions, but it's more secure and it has built-in adblockers and a few extra things by default, that I would normally have to look and install/configure on my own

I think originally I went to chrome from Firefox because it was so much quicker and lighter at the time. I’m sure Firefox is better now, I’ve actually been thinking as leaving chrome lately…

Thanks for this video. I have a question, though. I've been considering options to be able to access my windows 10 PC from my cell phone. One option is Chrome Remote Desktop extension for Chrome (The other is paying $100 for Win10 Pro). Are Chrome Extensions like Remote Desktop compatible with Ungoogled Chromium?

LTT has been on RU-vid so long that they are now serving me golf club ads.

Why you haven't mentioned Brave browser?

switched to vanilla Firefox before January due to manifestv2 extensions being phased out of chrome (ye I know it's been delayed but I figured I'd migrate early to avoid issues) and it's been pretty good, surprised it's not in this video.

My only problem with changing browsers is that chrome has something that no other browser has, multiaccounts, i have 2 different personal accounts and 2 from work, all of them sync to my phone so i can resume browsing whenever i want, it's really convenient to have all of them in one place.

That Corner Rounding doesn't seem to be in the Windows version of Vivaldi. Looks like Mac only?

BRAVE ! I knew this would not be mentioned, but it is the best choice

Im still using Firefox for everything :)

Firefox here! (Got Opera & Chrome, use once a week) 1 Question, Do these have all the cool and necessary addons/extensions that we have on other browsers? not just the ad-blocker stuff, cause i'd change but thats the one thing I'd miss.

I have a tech question that I hope deserves a video: Why is it for the longest time (I dunno if it's been dealt with now) motherboards and case manufactures have never come up with a standardized monolithic design for connecting all of the front panel buttons and LED's? Most connectors are idiot protected already( have a correct way ro connect), why not the former too? Am I the only one annoyed at having to plug in each LED and switch in tight quarters, or pray I haven't lost the proprietary adaptor some mobos come with?

I've been using Vivaldi since its early years, but now I'm partway through a transition to Firefox. Just works better on Linux, especially with touch support on my 2-in-1. And although Simple Tab Groups isn't as fluid as Vivaldi's solution, I'm beginning to like it even better. I'm gonna miss the sidebar though...

Very disappointed you didn't make a single mention of Brave browser, as the easiest switch from Chrome to a private, already configured experience, with a multum of features.

I'm in the process of switching to the fox, because google keeps stuffing their mobile browser with irritating crap like tab groups and text fragment highlighting that I cannot disable.

Vivaldi also has built-in mouse gestures, which I never want to surf without since having started using them in Opera - way back, when it wasn't convoluted with stuff I don't care about.

Even though it's chromium based, brave is the one I always use. Our whole office uses brave because it is interoperable with everything chrome is and it's a hell of a lot more secure.

never got into the tab stack feature when it was first introduced in presto opera 15 years ago or so, but in vivaldi i forced myself to start using it and now i cant live wihout it. double row tab bar using stacked tabs is a life saver. can have so many tabs open, all neatly organised into stacks and yet have a clean readable interface.

Vivaldi offers all those customizations and I still can't get a browser that lets me have separate Refresh and Stop buttons

Honestly i was skeptical at first of opera gx but it has so many cool features that i don’t think i could stop using it

Brave browser is my favorite

Biggest issues I noticed with majority of the suggested browsers is that the webpages load way slower and lots of times you have to rely on 3rd party extensions to get a decent password management feature or adblocking added into them what immediately counteracts why using the alternate browser in the first place.

Wonder if you will cover the Arc browser, would love to see your thoughts on that

I also use Brave. It also has the new resource saving features that kills inactive tabs automatically.

Cheers for the upload. Choosing a browser and sticking with it is probably one of the most annoying things. There are times when one is better than the other and im so tired of it. Then there's also the choice of finding the least battery draining one. The devils circle never ends. I hate to say that Edge is pretty good battery wise, when you turn off whatever telemetry and install ublock origin. Anything else, Librewolf and Mull for mobile:)

if you have or try vivaldi, give _gestures_ from the settings page a try. Most of our mice can go forward and back with dedicated buttons. but _gestures_ are just so intuitive and can do more like closing or reopening tabs just by drawing an L shape while holding the right mouse button. it's so fast and gets recognized so well. rounded corners too big or too small.. vivaldi always gets it because the gesture shapes are so simple

Using firefox for years now, quite satisfy, it always work and I don't encounter much issues where some website only support chrome. (off course have a chromium based browser for backup)

Ok, someone know of another browser with the set aside tabs/collections feature of Edge? It is the one reason I use Edge as my primary browser.

Google chrome just appears with every 3rd party install😂

I use Firefox since 2003. Its fully custumizable just the way i want it and it does have tons of add-on / extensions possibilities! Not the mention the bookmarks saving on a cloud if i want. When i reinstall in PC or simply browse the web from anywhere but my home, i always have my personal browser setting, plugins and bookmarks with me.

3:27 how do you stack tabs…can someone tell me we’re to go to enable that feature in opera gx

Can LibreWolf be used for remote work from home jobs?

Just use firefox, it has adblock (hint hint literally every other browser), it's fast, it syncs with all my devices and it has the best web dev tools (I'm a front-end dev so that really matters to me)

I've been using Arc browser on Mac for the past month and it is interesting. A chromium-based (chrome extensions work) re-think of the browser interface and organization. I hope it comes to Windows soon.

I've been using Edge for a little over a year and I'm pretty happy with it.

What about brave where there are no RU-vid ads?

Yes, and that's why I use Firefox now.

I can't believe they completely skipped Brave

I switched to Brave about 2 years ago and haven't looked back.

Every time I think about switching, they add a new cool feature that the others done have or that just works a little better

I've messed around with browsers like opera and Vivaldi for long periods of time, but I always end up back with Firefox. It's great :) 👍

I use Firefox for personal stuff, and Brave for work and school, because some websites I use for them don’t work on Firefox. Surprised neither were mentioned.

Laughs in using Firefox since childhood For real though, my dad works in cybersecurity and has always used Firefox, starting back when we had an Ubuntu machine for the kids to use Great alternative to Chrome, and apparently it has a VPN option now? I'd 100% watch something covering Firefox

I made the Switch back to Firefox, was super easy, all the extensions I had on Chrome are available on here and has all the same features Chrome has, including that sync with phone feature that damn Chrome advert won’t shut up about. Plus the mobile version has Adblock capability

Firefox is what I switched to after chrome dropped in quality ~7 years ago.

Just using firefox cause of awesome pluggins/extensions

I'm using Brave and i love it. The privacy and security it give is the best

Operas Vpn is not a true Vpn, but you can use for general geolocation changes. It's not specific areas so it will not help with all situations, but it has no data cap and is free.