Remove cross-platform browser criterion

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So following this, as, I believe @cryptor very good said why:

Must be available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Ahem…

Maybe we can create a poll to cancel this? This looks like “commercial guides” not about privacy.

It is available on macOS, just not through the more official sources when you install something on macOS.

This is even more right, that i wanted to explain.

PG should focus on what we do best: privacy!

Not distribution. Not cross-platform. This can be noted in guide separately.

If tool is good, users who want privacy will find and install it themselves.

This requirement is ridiculous. Most of devs of best projects are non-profit hobby ones, so they don’t have money to pay evil corps.

There is simply no need for such a requirement. It is not only useless but can be dangerous too if a very privacy-respecting browser is missed just because it misses on a 10 % marketshare platform, for example (which is as far as I’m aware not currently the case tho).

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I think this is a duplicate of

EDIT: there is also Abolish irrelevant to privacy requirements

which seems focused on a similar topic

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I did search for “remove cross-platform browser criteria” / “remove cross-platform browser criterion” which did not give any results. Additionally, jonah said after that thread you linked to was created that someone / @cryptor should open a thread about it: LibreWolf (Firefox-Based Browser) - #411 by jonah …

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I am not trying to blame you for not finding it :grinning_face:. I just had deja vu reading this because I had commented on the other thread so I knew it existed.

I also wasn’t sure if you are asking for the same thing. As the thread I am linking just wants to remove it as a minimum criteria. You may want it removed completley.

EDIT: I would also point specifically to @jonah reply in the abolish thread

as it seems to respond to a very similar post from @cryptor

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I think they should keep their general cross-platform criteria for desktop browsers recommendations. It makes it easier to recommend a browser to the non-tech crowd, but replace Firefox with LibreWolf and add IronFox. Maybe replace Cromite if they keep lagging behind updates.

But also do specific OS recommendations like Vanadium on GOS and Trivalent on Secureblue and maybe also on Fedora-based distros, after they added trivalent-selinux in their repo.

Maybe add LibreWolf to specific OS recommendations until they have macOS signing. I have no idea how important macOS signing is or care. I would personally add LibreWolf to general recommendations.

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Can someone explain how Safari is allowed while Vanadium isn’t?

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The mobile browser minimum requirements don’t have cross platform listed, unlike the desktop counterpart.

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Apple users > pixel users > GOS (vanadium) users

If someone is already using GOS then they know about vanadium and why it’s better.

When vanadium will be available on all androids, then it should be added (at least discussed).

It might be helpful though to let non GOS users know about better browser even if they should buy another device and/or install different OS.

Edit: safari isn’t “allowed”. Safari is recommended to apple users as a good enough option.

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My full support.

Just mention that it is not available on proprietary shit and that’s all.

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Duplicate