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A fully free (as in freedom) open source browser with a focus on a privacy.

UPDATE: THIS USES GOOGLE WEB VIEW. DO NOT USE.

I can’t figure out why nobody talks about this. I see all kinds of alternative browsers on here, but never this one. I especially like the color coded bookmarks for different categories (my news is gray, my searxng/swisscows and other search engines green, my tech solutions purple). It has anti-fingerprinting and a quick toggle for if you need to quickly adjust javascript or cookie setting to make a quick exception. There are lots of features. If anyone else has tried it, it would be interesting to hear your feedback too.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 months ago

    It uses Android Web view which is essentially just Chrome without the interface, and is entirely proprietary. It suffers from all the drawbacks of Chrome based browsers with the added problem of being an Android component so out of much, if any, control of the developers.

    This app should not be a serious consideration for anyone who is privacy or security focused. The very first thing a secure browser should be providing is it’s own rendering engine. Even providing it’s own chrome based rendering engine would be more secure than this.

    Also in terms of extensions, as it is Chrome based it’s extensions such as uBlock will have the same privacy breaking restrictions as the rest of the chrome ecosystem with manifest v3 which favours Google’s advertising business over user security and privacy.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      31·
      2 months ago

      Now I know why nobody talks about it. I am just figuring out if it is still bad or do I need to make a switch immediately. I have tried as hard ad I can to get away from Google. They are like cancer.

      • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        The only thing I find bad about using blink is that it gives google more power over the consortium. Things are added as a standard when they are widely used, so if google disables jxl functionality, they kill any chance of that becoming the new standard. The bigger the market share of blink is, the more power google has over what other browsers prioritize also.

  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 months ago

    I tend to turn off JavaScript for most sites and I found enabling and disabling it on this browser to be a pain. Has that changed?

    Also, it is webview, so you cannot harden it unless you root and download a hardened webview.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Not for me, but since I have discovered it is based on Android View and therefore Chrome, I feel dumb and am trying to find something else.