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I didn't find many comparisons between the two let alone a recent one. So they're both packages for changing Firefox prefs for better performance and or privacy. I'm interested in applying them to Zen Browser. Can you provide detailed comparisons and if I should you use both?

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[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Arkenfox is for a much more hardened and private Firefox. It will enable many options that can cause site breakage. Use this if you want max privacy or security and dont care too much about some sites not working.

I hadn't heard of betterfox until now but it seems to be a more balanced option. They offer multiple options for speed, distraction free, etc. I looked at a few of them and they enable many of the sane options and also disable all tracking/data collection. I would say go with user.js which seems to be a sum of all the other profiles without any problematic options.

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't think there is an easy way to keep betterfox update. Unlike Arkenfox which has a simple script for updating and applying my modifications

[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The options are generic enough that I imagine they wont cause issues with updates. Or you could use a simple bash script to automate the update process, like the ones suggested here: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/167.

Thanks I'll give it a try always wanted to have a less restrictive profile beside Arkenfox