People might knock google chrome but if it wasn't for chrome we wouldn't have chromium based browsers that are probably the best browser out there
Brave, Cromite, Vivaldi, Edge, Safari, Thorium, ungoogled-chromium, Opera - opera GX - opera neon(although China meh), torch, comodo dragon, falkon etc.... There's loads of choice out there each with their own added extras and some with really good privacy settings
Firefox focus is another good browser for Android better than Firefox itself
FF-Focus as the name suggests focuses on privacy
keep meaning to checkout Firefox Focus...been using Brave in all my mobile devices forever...
perhaps now is a good time to install... 🤔
@opie I mainly use it for sites I know I will only be reading one page
Like clicking URLs from SM sites mainly
It is very limited on features other than privacy stuff there is none lol
I use URL check
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112637034324970454
Which then allows me to select what browser I wanna open links in - set URL check as default browser - really handy for that alone but with loadsa modules to help determine if a link is safe and tools like a URL sanitizer, unshorten short URLs etc....
@opie 👍
Its pretty awesome
One module uses Steven black hosts for adware\malware, fake news, gambling and adult content - that along with VirusTotal module 🤓😎
And other handy modules you can enable or not it's deffo well worth using - the allowing to pick what browser to open links in is a bonus & something I've missed since Android forces us to pick a default browser
yeah...that's all awesome, but honestly...all I really want is to be able to choose which browser to use to open links...which I've also missed...
@opie 😂😂 yup I feel ya on that
Tried a few workarounds for that before but they ended up more cumbersome than useful URL check is flawless tap a link window opens dropdown menu for picking browser
Just mind and make sure certain apps don't use in-app-browsers via their settings and when in a browser itself long press & share will open the window if you need to switch browsers or just wanna check URL safety via modules 😜
ok, yeah...this is awesome...got both Firefox Focus and URL Check installed and configured, and I'm already in love...*this* is what I wanted...
I *never* click on links on my phone...I always copy URL, open Brave private tab, and paste...now I can actually tap on em and open em wherever I want
you rock!!!
🙏👍😊
Cromite I've been using, on a device, and it's pretty good privacy wise
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112636722050190978
Thing is people have choices
If folk wanna allow chrome browser to suck up all their info for google can't blame google for that really.... Data is money to these companies after all
Folk shouldn't just use something cause its convenient - they folk don't care about their data anyway - instead of actually looking for ways to limit their data sharing they just accept all data will be taken & 🤷♂️