… Looks like it’s time to switch browsers again. Anyone got any suggestions? Preferably a Chromium-based privacy-focused browser without any crypto-related bells and whistles. And it has to be able to sync between Android and desktop.
Have you tried it? The amount of customization it offers is pretty unique among “mainstream” browsers. Not sure how many browsers still offer an email client, rss reader, options to read the web in text only, etc etc.
I’m pretty sure most (as in many) people reading my reply can gather what I meant with power users in a discussion about browser alternatives.
It works amazing as in: all functions and customization and added functions it offers work seamlessly together.
But feel free to be more pedantic if it makes you feel good :)
It’s not that I’m afraid of compatibility issues. It’s more that I already had enough trouble bringing over all my settings the last time I switched browsers, and that was between two Chromium-based browsers. I’m willing to go through that same trouble again, but I’d rather not increase it if possible.
If it’s for the bookmarks, you can export that, possibly also for the password manager (although that’s riskier). As far as history etc, does that really matter? What other settings would you need to bring across
not the OP, but I have had some webpages that didn’t work correctly in firefox. Firefox’s market share is lower than 5% and some web devs have opted out of optimizing for firefox. The crypto stuff is completely opt in, I disabled it, added the typical ublock, decentraleyes, badger and clearurl addons and it’s basically as secure as modded firefox with the same addons or the shitty firefox port called librewolf with the settings that takes 1 min to set up already done by default, and yeah it’s shitty because it takes longer to update than firefox because all they do is to merge from the main branch.
If they asked chromium, let them, why the hell are you chastising people for their preferences.
When the Addon version change rolls in things will be different, but it has been delayed due to the user pushback and I don’t think that it will get implemented. If it does, tons of users will migrate to firefox anyway.
Including passwords? Because it’d be a pain to have to keep Brave around just because it’s where I stored my passwords. And the last time I switched browsers (from Chrome to Brave years ago), there was an issue where all my imported passwords were blank. The solution was to export/ import them using the tool in Chromium’s password settings page, which I assume Firefox doesn’t have.
I said “Chromium”, not “Chrome”. Chromium is open-source like Lemmy, meaning anyone can create a browser based off of it and add or remove whatever features they want on it.
Honestly, I’ll probably try using Vivaldi. It’s the most-suggested Chromium browser in the replies I got. And, since it’s Chromium, it’ll give me the least amount of headache when switching, too. IIRC, I spent a good 2-3 hours porting over everything (including manually installing extensions and bringing over my extensions’ settings) last time I switched browsers, and I’d rather not increase that time.
Vivaldi is not fully open source, Brave Browser is.
there is no reason to switch from Brave Browser based on this article, it’s not even about Brave Browser, its about Brave Search, and nothing in the article affects users in any way or gives any reason to switch from Brave. Not to mention half the article is retracted now that Brave responded.
The author has no idea what they’re talking about. It’s just a website owner complaining about Brave Search having a summarizer feature so you don’t have to read through 20 paragraphs to get to the important info on websites, same as Google and DDG’s Featured snippets/quick answers. It’s not even shady, it’s a useful feature.
… Looks like it’s time to switch browsers again. Anyone got any suggestions? Preferably a Chromium-based privacy-focused browser without any crypto-related bells and whistles. And it has to be able to sync between Android and desktop.
Check out Vivaldi.
I’ve been using Vivaldi for a while That’s run by a team of ex Opera Browser engineers.
Vivaldi! It’s got everything you just described without the crypto bro nonsense.
I’ve been using waterfox.
Vivaldi. Browser for a power user. Works amazing. Basically opera before it was bought by the Chinese.
That’s… an odd claim to make. I’m sure “power users” use a variety of browsers.
Also odd. All browsers “work amazing”
Have you tried it? The amount of customization it offers is pretty unique among “mainstream” browsers. Not sure how many browsers still offer an email client, rss reader, options to read the web in text only, etc etc.
I’m pretty sure most (as in many) people reading my reply can gather what I meant with power users in a discussion about browser alternatives.
It works amazing as in: all functions and customization and added functions it offers work seamlessly together.
But feel free to be more pedantic if it makes you feel good :)
Why chromium based? I use Firefox and it’s very rare I come across a website that has an issue with it
It’s not that I’m afraid of compatibility issues. It’s more that I already had enough trouble bringing over all my settings the last time I switched browsers, and that was between two Chromium-based browsers. I’m willing to go through that same trouble again, but I’d rather not increase it if possible.
If it’s for the bookmarks, you can export that, possibly also for the password manager (although that’s riskier). As far as history etc, does that really matter? What other settings would you need to bring across
Why the hell are you insisting on chromium? It’s such a bad idea to throw all our eggs in one basket.
not the OP, but I have had some webpages that didn’t work correctly in firefox. Firefox’s market share is lower than 5% and some web devs have opted out of optimizing for firefox. The crypto stuff is completely opt in, I disabled it, added the typical ublock, decentraleyes, badger and clearurl addons and it’s basically as secure as modded firefox with the same addons or the shitty firefox port called librewolf with the settings that takes 1 min to set up already done by default, and yeah it’s shitty because it takes longer to update than firefox because all they do is to merge from the main branch.
If they asked chromium, let them, why the hell are you chastising people for their preferences.
When the Addon version change rolls in things will be different, but it has been delayed due to the user pushback and I don’t think that it will get implemented. If it does, tons of users will migrate to firefox anyway.
Not if they want to pass QA. I’d not have a ‘dev’ like that near my team.
Sure that sounds nice, but several “modern” government sites haven’t worked me correctly in Firefox.
Mainly to make it easier to import my user data (including passwords and such) and extension data.
Firefox can import from Chrome profile.
Including passwords? Because it’d be a pain to have to keep Brave around just because it’s where I stored my passwords. And the last time I switched browsers (from Chrome to Brave years ago), there was an issue where all my imported passwords were blank. The solution was to export/ import them using the tool in Chromium’s password settings page, which I assume Firefox doesn’t have.
Why the hell are you storing passwords in a browser only!?!
Chromium based
Privacy focused
Pick one
I said “Chromium”, not “Chrome”. Chromium is open-source like Lemmy, meaning anyone can create a browser based off of it and add or remove whatever features they want on it.
they can’t hear you over the sound of their firefox circlejerk
Honestly, I’ll probably try using Vivaldi. It’s the most-suggested Chromium browser in the replies I got. And, since it’s Chromium, it’ll give me the least amount of headache when switching, too. IIRC, I spent a good 2-3 hours porting over everything (including manually installing extensions and bringing over my extensions’ settings) last time I switched browsers, and I’d rather not increase that time.
Vivaldi is not fully open source, Brave Browser is.
there is no reason to switch from Brave Browser based on this article, it’s not even about Brave Browser, its about Brave Search, and nothing in the article affects users in any way or gives any reason to switch from Brave. Not to mention half the article is retracted now that Brave responded.
The author has no idea what they’re talking about. It’s just a website owner complaining about Brave Search having a summarizer feature so you don’t have to read through 20 paragraphs to get to the important info on websites, same as Google and DDG’s Featured snippets/quick answers. It’s not even shady, it’s a useful feature.