im using ungoogled chromium as a backup browser
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If you cant compile it don't install it
Vivaldi is awesome on Windows/Linux and peerless on Android.
Not really a factor but rather a fun fact - I recently discovered they have a Mastodon instance, which can be of interest to lemmies.
Vivaldi has a special place in my heart since it's made by the original Opera people.
Vivaldi has a bunch of stuff I like - tab stacking, tiling, a functional sidebar that is actually useful, and full-on UI customization.
I like Vivaldi a lot. It's kinda where Opera went after Opera went to shit lol.
Same guy started them both
I actually tried out Vivaldi for about a month before I went back to Firefox but I like it as well. I think it's the best chromium based browser out there.
Yeah same. Well actually I'm using Firefox on desktop and Vivaldi on my phone (Android), since I love having desktop style tabs on mobile. The trend of having to press a button to open a tab browser really annoys me and although Firefox sort of addressed that with tab groups now, I think Vivaldi's implementation is nicer.
If I have to use a chromium based browser, I go vivaldi. The closed source parts are annoying, but it's still better than the other options for my preferences.
"Closed source parts" Pal it's only the UI that is closed-source. If that still triggers a problem I don't even know what to say.
It's still annoying.
If we all stop using firefox, then chromium has a complete monopoly. That's dangerous with something as important as a web browser. Lets not forget that Chromium is sponsored/maintsined by Google.
I have no intention of stopping my Firefox use. I just want an occasional Chromium browser
Chromium or Brave are going to be good options. I really dig Vanadium on mobile as my backup to Mull, but there's not a desktop option as far as I know.
Ungoogled Chromium and Vivaldi are my favorites
I use Bromite on Android whenever Firefox mobile decides to die
Bromite has been abandoned unfortunately, definitely worth thinking about another chromium backup browser for sure.
Oh, well that is good to know. Thanks
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For desktop I use Ungoogled Chromium portable as a secondary browser, and DDG browser on Android
As a Vim user, I like qutebrowser. It's very customizable.
Brave for Chromium and Librewolf for Mozilla.
Use Cromite on mobile. It's a continuation of Bromite which has been maintained by one of the devs since bromite quit being updated a year or so ago. Previously it was called bromite-buildtools, but they just recently got a new name and logo.
I have Thorium installed for when I occasionally have to use it for frontend webdev. It claims to be a lot faster than the other Chromium alternatives.
On android Brave for built in no fuss adblock
For a chromium based browser I would pick brave, especially on Android I find that brave works very well.
My go-to daily driver on my Pixel 7 is the Kiwi Browser, but I use Mull for variety sometimes.
I use Samsung browser for voyager and the occasional incompatible website. It has strict tracking protection and adblocking too
Brave, definitely.
Hahaha everyone hating Vanadium. I also dont see its value, its standard and not private, doesnt even delete cookies. Use it for sites where Firefox breaks, again.
Honest question: What for? I have never encountered a site that was truly broken on Firefox.
They exist first two the come to mind.
If you have a very low end PC, Youtube works far better on Chrome then Firefox.
There was an article some time ago that taked about Google deliberately making youtube worse for firefox users.
Some addons do not work on my Firefox after some updates. Had to switch to Chromium sadly. Around 2 years I switched back to Firefox but I think this time I just stay at Chromium. Seems to be more stable and quicker...
Android: Bromite PC: Brave
Brave, period.
Brave is hands down the best chromium based browser for privacy. They do a lot under the hood to block trackers and ads. I would do a little more research into ungoogled chromium. Imo it’s better to have a whole community and company backing a browser like Brave rather than a few developers basically patching source code and shipping it.
The only research I had to do was to simply open Wireshark and then Brave. Did the same with Ungoogled and lets just say Ungoogled actually delivers on their promise while Brave is simply Chrome that calls Brave servers instead of Google.