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Any good alternatives to browsers? (self.android)

submitted 1 year ago by Venomnik0 to c/[email protected]

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I've just been looking for a replacement for Firefox Beta.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's wrong with Firefox???

[–] Venomnik0 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Mostly can't sign in to lemmy.world for some reason but otherwise I'd some change for a bit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I don't believe that's a Firefox issue, unless it's a problem specifically with the beta.

[–] Gort 4 points 1 year ago

I've signed in a few times to lemmy.world using Firefox over the last week.

Sorry for being the annoying "not for me" guy. ;-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's odd; I could sign in with lemmy.dbzer0.com without issue.

Maybe it's an issue with the beta? Have you tried regular FireFox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using Firefox Nightly with zero issues here. Love being able to use any addon I want on my phone.

[–] kzhe 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe try Jerboa for Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

You're probably gonna have to tell us what it is that you want and what it is that you don't like about Firefox Beta.

[–] Zoldyck 16 points 1 year ago

Firefox non-beta

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mull is a Firefox hardened browser that works perfectly out of the box.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find Kiwi Browser essential. It's one of the only ones that you can install chrome extensions onto.

[+] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe that's an outdated Github link. The project moved here with releases here. The search engine stuff has always seemed like a non-issue to me. I run both Fennec and Kiwi but the latter gives me a true black UI and support for fully side-loaded addons (not just those already on the Firefox website).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for your desktop addon guide. If there's a way to manually install .xpis from, say, github, I'm in! 👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been trying to follow your guide for an hour now--but I'm not getting access to any add-ons but the "compatible" ones. For example, when I search for 'Cookiebro', the only two choices it shows me are Ghostery and uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using Kiwi because it supports Twitter control panel and old reddit redirect extensions.

[+] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

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[–] GamerBoy705 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, kiwibrowser/src isn't updated because kiwibrowser/src.next is the actual up-to-date Kiwi Browser. Kiwi Next is similar to a beta version, and releases for Kiwi Browser are based on Kiwi Next. You can just compile Kiwi Next if you are paranoid. It's the best Android Chromium browser.

The whole search engine debacle was unnecessary, and that basically killed Kiwi's reputation even though it really had zero impact on anyone or anything. I mean, if the default search engine is something you don't prefer, it's just a few goddamn presses to change it to whatever you want.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What kind of features are you looking for? I've been using DuckDuckGo as my primary mobile browser for a while now and have been very happy with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Librewolf on desktop, Mull on android, doesnt matter on iOS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with FF beta?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iceraven. Its based on Firefox. I don't like some of the UX peculiarities of Firefox but it works alright.

[–] Venomnik0 2 points 1 year ago

Ohh will check it out. it seems to fit my bill a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Don't forget that the browser has access to all of the data that you see on your display and everything you type in. All of it. So he careful who you trust. Is it a community software, is it non-profit, is it for profit, does it have a sustainable funding / business model.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ungoogled chromium on desktop, Bromite on android

[–] aluminium 3 points 1 year ago

I think brave is pretty alright. Yes the crypto stuff is hella cringe and its chromium based but it works like charm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even though I'm quite eager to try new softwares, for browser I usually return back to Firefox or brave browser.

Only recently when I tried Vivaldi browser, I don't feel the urge to return to Firefox/brave.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use normal firefox and firefox clear/klar as the default browser(I really like firefox clear)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

iceraven

[–] habanhero 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO Samsung Internet is one of the best Android browsers out there. Give it a try!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it offers alot of great features if you use a samsung phone. However the adblockers are not as good as ublock on firefox!

Therfeore I use both!!

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