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Cloudflare is now blocking niche browsers.
They just started doing it. Now they decide what software you can run. [1]
BLOCKED: Pale Moon, Falkon, and SeaMonkey
ALLOWED: Chromium, Firefox
WHY: I believe they are purposefully trying to reduce the choices, so you're more likely to use the same browsers, that are more easily fingerprinted. Pale Moon is considered better by some, but.. Once again I am pounding the table that:
a) If you're looking to do unique stuff, you're going to stand-out as unique
b) If you think custom mods and forks is the answer, you're sticking out like a sore thumb, based on what flavors of JavaScript, you're uniquely blocking. So..
c) Plugins, forks, & extensions are not going to change the fundamental nature of web browsers, which is that...
d) The way Chromium & Firefox are structured, is designed to empower the website developer, and not you. But..
e) You will not be able to stop using Web Apps, give it up. It's a dying battle. Instead,
f) Simplified Privacy is a 2nd Linux distro of browsers, to empower you with enough options at the tips of your fingers, (such as different versions of the same browser), to easily and effortlessly overwhelm their surveillance.
If you have not already spent the (less than 10 minutes) reading my Cloudflare Fingerprinting Guide, it's spoon-feeding you the critical information, with easy memes:
[2] https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html
[1] News on Blocking Niche Browsers:
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/
They just started doing it. Now they decide what software you can run. [1]
BLOCKED: Pale Moon, Falkon, and SeaMonkey
ALLOWED: Chromium, Firefox
WHY: I believe they are purposefully trying to reduce the choices, so you're more likely to use the same browsers, that are more easily fingerprinted. Pale Moon is considered better by some, but.. Once again I am pounding the table that:
a) If you're looking to do unique stuff, you're going to stand-out as unique
b) If you think custom mods and forks is the answer, you're sticking out like a sore thumb, based on what flavors of JavaScript, you're uniquely blocking. So..
c) Plugins, forks, & extensions are not going to change the fundamental nature of web browsers, which is that...
d) The way Chromium & Firefox are structured, is designed to empower the website developer, and not you. But..
e) You will not be able to stop using Web Apps, give it up. It's a dying battle. Instead,
f) Simplified Privacy is a 2nd Linux distro of browsers, to empower you with enough options at the tips of your fingers, (such as different versions of the same browser), to easily and effortlessly overwhelm their surveillance.
If you have not already spent the (less than 10 minutes) reading my Cloudflare Fingerprinting Guide, it's spoon-feeding you the critical information, with easy memes:
[2] https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html
[1] News on Blocking Niche Browsers:
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/