Mull and Fennec are way more obvious android browsers to switch to if Firefox doesnt meet your privacy needs/concerns.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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for now yes, but what I'm arguing is that they might not be in the long run
I use cromite, and it's good, but the adblocker is unable to handle the more aggressive popups and ads, whereas firefox + uBO does fine.
Thus, cromite is my main browser and I use firefox for... other stuff. This setup is mainly because I'm too lazy to install Mull or another firefox based browser to be my main option.
That logic makes absolutely no sense. Look into Google before you take issue with Mozilla.
i get where you are coming from but right now i am more mad at mozilla xD
Keep your eye on the prize. Google and Mozilla aren’t even in the same area code of shit. Firefox is the obvious answer.
Why?
No
I heard that Cromite is shady, and recommendations pro Brave instead.
Which is crazy as Brave is so much more bloated.
Mulch is a based browser for regular Android, close behind Vanadium in features and release cadence, but without patches that break regular Android and only work on GrapheneOS.
What have you heard about Cromite which makes it more shady than Brave!?
I use it every day and I never had problems with it. It's pretty OK.but I would like to have something more powerful like Unblock Origin which is available on Firefox for android but the performance is not that good and I didn't like how it worked
Have u tried mull? Ive had no problems with it so far.
It has site isolation problem and it's slow 😮💨 . it used to be my favourite
It is an important hardening feature, but the browser isn't completely insecure without it assuming it is up-to-date and that you aren't on the receiving end of targeted/zero-day attacks. Furthermore (in Chromium) with isolated renderer processes there is still some inherent attack surface of the main process that can allow a single exploit, just like in Firefox.
Same here.
Bromite used to be the only non-built-in browser recommended by GrapheneOS, and I've not seen anything bad posted since it became Cromite. Apparently Firefox on Android still doesn't have site isolation so it's still a toss-up between security and the ominous shadow of Google.
it's still a toss-up between security and the ominous shadow of Google.
No content blocker = no security. (Not quite no, but it's very critical.)
Fortunately I think they both have content blocking available. Also I set my private DNS to block ads in every app.
It didnt become Cromite. Bromite was abandoned and a single person or a couple forked it and created Cromite, embedding code from AdBlockPlus etc.
Yeah I know, I think a project dying and continuing as a fork still counts though
Well, let's see what happens first. If we'll be able to disable all the junk, it'll be okay.
I still wanna support diversity among browser engines.
i think it's better to jump ship now so that they get scared and stop the enshitification early before it s too late
Yeah, I don't think that's possible. 😅
People have been jumping ship for a decade, and it hasn't helped. They'll probably have to sink first, and by then it might be too late if someone else has filled the void.
I, for one, won't be coming back if it comes to that.
I used both Cromite and Brave. Ended up using Brave (disabling all the crypto things) since it offers better handling in ad blocks and anti fingerprint.
Brave is shady crypto infested spyware.
If you are referring to the crypto side of things you can easily disable them. I don't see any spyware TBH.
If you look up what they have done in the past, you'll know.
It's turned off by default
You can add any filter list you want to it. You can also use GreaseMonkey user scripts.
I still prefer Mull, but I keep Cromite installed
I recently shifted from Firefox based Browsers. I'm currently testing cromite. One issue is it's ad blocker is not that perfect. It has easy list as it's main blacklist. I think it would be really nice if they add ublock origin , ad guard or other blocklist. Though I added next dns as secure dns in the Browser . it has all the blocklist i need
So i just found that you can add custom filters . i added stevenblack You guys can also try it https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts