Let user choose browser to install / Remove fixed firefox dependency
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Hi,
I know this is a really core feature of a distribution, and I'm not sure it's the best place to open this discussion, but I'd like to open the idea to have the possibility that the user can choose not to install firefox by default, or even better let the user choose his browser at installation time.
Why people would want not to use firefox by default ?
* It's been lagging in speed and stability compared to other browser. I've often have some tabs crash, I have to open a new tab copy/pasting the same URL.
* Mozilla was advertising a advocate for free speech and internet neutrality. Many people would have different views on this, but latest message from their blog seems they support content being pushed to users "Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation"
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* Third-party cookie is still being a thing. It's something that should have been removed since a long time already, and a push to remove its support is actually being pushed by Apple/Safari and Google/Chrome, and not so actively by Mozilla.
There are alternative full opensource browser that user would like to have by default.
