Recommended Firefox alternative(s) for Android
Recommended Firefox alternative(s) for Android
Recently there has been controversy around Mozilla Firefox.
I've been looking for an alternative but really struggling, seems like every alternative has a downside:
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Vivaldi: Uses some proprietary code and likely not doing much better on the user data side of things, also based on Chromium.
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Tor: Uses Tor protocol and so is quite slow, my ISP would probably also think I'm a drug lord.
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Fennec: Basically looks the same as Firefox but guessing less up to date, F-Droid has a warning about it's using Mozilla services for tracking.
What are you guys using? Have you found anything good?
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So currently this is my recommendation for web browsers for Android.
Chromium based (best for security on Android)
- brave, disable cryptocrap, telemetry sponsor background and you're pretty much good to go.
- cromite, an active fork of bromite which is basically an upgrade of ungoogled chromium
- Vanadium, if you are using GrapheneOS
Firefox based browser (none support per-site isolation as of today)
- IronFox, a active fork of Mull, basically the most harden FF flavor on Android
- Fennec, basically a fully libre FF flavor
How do you feel about DDG browser? It's another chrome based option. I've been using it when the some rare website won't work in a Firefox fork, and I'm curious to hear other people's opinions about it.
I like their free email forwarding service for throwaway accounts. Obviously, the emails aren't private in any way.
I think brave provide a slightly better experience overall, and privacy is a bit stronger too. Cromite might be better in some areas but DDG has better tracking protection against analytics from companies such as Adobe, Faceboo, Google, etc... by default.
DDG mobile browser had a contreverasy with allowing Microsoft tracking (DDG search engine is using MS Bing's back-end) but in other hands brave is also quite contreversial with affiliate link injections, optionnal "private ads" with Web3 advertisement. Cromite seems cleaner but is a community run project and there is no company backing it.
Honestly I haven't used it in years but it's definitely not the worst option you can choose on Android.
Chromite passed the EFF test for trackers. I had a unique fingerprint, though. Not surprising. It's really hard not to.
Oh, cool. Thanks!