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What differentiates the different firefox versions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been told about Mull and fennec, but what about:

(From what I understand)

Firefox Focus: blocks trackers and erases browsing history
Firefox Nightly: new updates every night
Firefox Klar: german version of focus
Iceraven Browser: 3rd party fork with more add ons

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Given Germany has some of the strictest privacy laws, I'm betting Klar is the honest version of focus. The fact that both exist separately makes me question Firefox's commitment to privacy.

Looks sus.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

One of their partners in that region already established a brand under the same name.

From https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/difference-between-firefox-focus-and-firefox-klar

Klar by Firefox is the German-language version and only available in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It includes the same features as the English-language app Focus by Firefox.

Why did we change the name/replace the app?

The publishing and media company Burda, which the news magazine FOCUS belongs to in Germany, is one of our partners. We therefore decided to replace our app "Focus by Firefox" in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland by "Klar by Firefox".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you think it is suspicious you should be able to spot it in the open source repository. Otherwise see the other, and probably only, reason for the different name.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh simple, I just have to go through every line of code - so simple! /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

No, because they should be pretty much identical the only difference should be the name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Just the name is different, since a german news magazine already claims the name "fokus". Mozilla was forced to rename its browser because of that