[Bug 1910961] [NEW] Let user choose browser to install / Remove fixed firefox dependency

[Fred Germain]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

I know this is a really core feature of a distribution, and I'm not sure
it's the best place to open this discussion, but I'd like to open the
idea to have the possibility that the user can choose not to install
firefox by default, or even better let the user choose his browser at
installation time.

Why people would want not to use firefox by default ?

* It's been lagging in speed and stability compared to other browser.
I've often have some tabs crash, I have to open a new tab copy/pasting
the same URL.

* Mozilla was advertising a advocate for free speech and internet neutrality. Many people would have different views on this, but latest message from their blog seems they support content being pushed to users "Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation"
  ** https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
  ** https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1347633954497548289

* Third-party cookie is still being a thing. It's something that should
have been removed since a long time already, and a push to remove its
support is actually being pushed by Apple/Safari and Google/Chrome, and
not so actively by Mozilla.

There are alternative full opensource browser that user would like to
have by default.

** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Let user choose browser to install / Remove fixed firefox dependency

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  I know this is a really core feature of a distribution, and I'm not
  sure it's the best place to open this discussion, but I'd like to open
  the idea to have the possibility that the user can choose not to
  install firefox by default, or even better let the user choose his
  browser at installation time.

  Why people would want not to use firefox by default ?

  * It's been lagging in speed and stability compared to other browser.
  I've often have some tabs crash, I have to open a new tab copy/pasting
  the same URL.

  * Mozilla was advertising a advocate for free speech and internet neutrality. Many people would have different views on this, but latest message from their blog seems they support content being pushed to users "Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation"
    ** https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
    ** https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1347633954497548289

  * Third-party cookie is still being a thing. It's something that
  should have been removed since a long time already, and a push to
  remove its support is actually being pushed by Apple/Safari and
  Google/Chrome, and not so actively by Mozilla.

  There are alternative full opensource browser that user would like to
  have by default.

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