Ask HN: Which web browser do you use and why?

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  • AdGuardDNS

    Public DNS resolver that protects you from ad trackers

    • Not just browsers but I also try to stay with the native App as much as possible, so I also use Safari. I use AdGuard[1] (Family Lifetime License) and works pretty well. I believe it also has the Personal AdGuard DNS[2] and I moved to it from PiHole, then NextDNS.

    1. https://adguard.com

    2. https://adguard-dns.io

  • AdguardBrowserExtension

    AdGuard browser extension

    • Not just browsers but I also try to stay with the native App as much as possible, so I also use Safari. I use AdGuard[1] (Family Lifetime License) and works pretty well. I believe it also has the Personal AdGuard DNS[2] and I moved to it from PiHole, then NextDNS.

    1. https://adguard.com

    2. https://adguard-dns.io

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • user.js

    Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

  • ungoogled-chromium

    Discontinued Google Chromium, sans integration with Google [Moved to: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium] (by Eloston)

  • privacytests.org

    Source code for privacytests.org. Includes browser testing code and site rendering.

    • https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ gives me unique fingerprint in Firefox but not in Brave, according to https://privacytests.org/ Brave privacy is as good or even better than Firefox

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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