![]() While this was done primarily for speed, it also had some direct privacy benefits. The undisputed advantages of WaterfoxĮven since the first days, Waterfox managed to be a bit faster than Firefox because it stripped all of Mozilla's telemetry elements. That was not all, over the years, Waterfox cemented its identity as a customizable and quick browser (a bit faster than Firefox, and most other browsers), as well as a privacy-focused browser, despite its somewhat non-aggressive stance on the matter. Interestingly enough, even Firefox (from which Waterfox was forked), only officially supported 32-bit architectures at the time. Waterfox quickly gained an impressive following because it used the 64-bit platform. This was also the fate of Waterfox, a Firefox-based browser built by Alex Kontos, a 16-year-old student (at the time, in 2011). ![]() However, from time to time, browsers that offer something new or unique usually make it into the spotlight. Considering just how saturated the browser market is nowadays, it's almost impossible for a newcomer to penetrate what seems to be an insurmountable wall of tools financed by big tech companies.
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