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by 1vuio0pswjnm7 252 days ago
"Avoid Gecko-based browsers..."

Links built from source on Termux does not use Gecko

Attack surface is smaller than GrapheneOS browser based on Google Chromium

https://web.archive.org/web/20250503001331if_/http://links.t...

No Javascript, no ads, no pixel tracking, etc.

Imagine a browser where the user can actually read and edit the source code and compile it themselves, in seconds

How many users read the Firefox or Chrome/Chromium-based browser source code and compile it themselves

Not every use of the www requires a large, complex graphical web browser. It's useful to have browsers that are suited for non-commercial uses such as text retrieval