Android @lemmy.world

5mo ago

What Browser do you use on Android, and why?

Firefox, something Firefox based or something entirely other?

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Firefox because nothing has blocked ads as well as Ublock Origin has. DNS is for other apps but for browser Firefox has been king.
- Ublock origin – best ad blocker
  Aside from Firefox + Ublock origin, I have Firefox focus. Its ad blocker has let thru disappointingly many ads.

Firefox, because it is not chrome based.

Firefox, with ublock origin and yt high definition plugins, so I can have a decent yt player. I have disabled/hide chrome, I have no need for it.

Mull. Hardened Firefox with uBO.

Fennec, which is a Firefox clone, and I use it because it allows (allowed) me more customization than the default Firefox.
- This: Fennec has better security configuration than Firefox about:config settings in regards to telemetry and whatnot.
  Mull is also great! Even more secure and better at stopping phoning home, telemetry, and fingerprinting. Though, Mull tends to break quite a few websites. I use Mull, and switch to Fennec selectively when Mull doesn't work

Firefox.
To get away from Chrome as much as possible and becaude my most used plugins from desktop are supported.

Firefox. Been using for longtime

Mull (fdroid)

firefox for most things. Chrome for my banking. The banking app refuses to run on my unrooted phone, because I have apps from f-droid installed, and I have a custom keybooard. And their site only works in chrome. Fuck hsbc
- Harsh words for someone who continues to be their client
  
  yeah I have a loan with them. otherwise I'd just switch
- You can change the source of installation to Play Store by using this adb command: adb shell pm install -i "com.android.vending" -r "path to apk"
  
  would be cool, but it won't solve the whole problem. Apps like kde connect need accessib ility permissions to sync notifications with the desktop, for example. It won't run if any unknown app has those. (like, my custom keyboard compiled from source)
- It runs on a rooted device?
  
  nope

Firefox, with ublock & decentraleyes Because I can access all the open tabs from my fedora laptop and because I try to use as less Google apps as possible. Also been using Firefox for more then 15 years now across all my devices.

Mull, which is based on Firefox, but removes all the telemetry and stuff. I forget why I chose it over other versions of Firefox. Someone here on Lemmy recommended it.
- Best android browser

I use Firefox because it has Unlock Origin.

Firefox because of the addons, also because it syncs (weirdly, but still) with Firefox on my pc

Mull with ublock origin

Firefox because it has extensions

Firefox for most browsing (especially youtube with ublock), chrome for facebook.

Firefox cause the search bar is on the bottom

Firefox with extensions or mull
Edit: and why?
Firefox to use my synced bookmarks and share open tabs from pc.
Mull for better privacy (i personally like to disable javascript and change my DNS to quad9)

Vivaldi, because it is available everywhere, has cross-platform tab syncing, ad-blocking, and a tab bar on Android.
- Workspaces, tab stacks, and automatic memory recovery were game chambers for me and my… filing system.
  I don't close tabs.

Firefox beta with ublock and a paywall block list, works perfectly for 99% of the web

Waterfox. A fork of Firefox.

Firefox for trusted sites, Firefox Focus for everything else. Adblock by default and drops all cookies and history when you close the browser.
- trusted sites such as?
  
  Sites I have an account or password with. OR ones I use frequently.

Firefox because it's plugins make mobile browsing bareable. I have a folding phone so I wish that Firefox would hurry up and copy Chrome's multi window feature, and then it would be the perfect browser for me.
I use Firefox on desktop too, but I've been experimenting with Arc the last few weeks to see what the fuss is about.
- There's also Zen browser that's Arc-like and based on Firefox instead of Chromium. Zen lets you sync tabs with Firefox elsewhere (including mobile Firefox), run the full uBlock Origin, and it is a fully open source browser.
  https://zen-browser.app/
  It's also available on Linux too (in addition to Windows and macOS), unlike Arc.
  What's the multi window feature in Chrome? Is that like containers in Firefox?
  
  Sorry, I missed this comment until now. Thanks for the tip, I'll check Zen out.
  The multi window feature I mentioned in Chrome is for foldable phones. Chrome allows you to open two separate instances and have them on either side of your screen; much like you can do on a desktop. I love the multi tasking aspect foldable phones allow, but very few apps allow you to have two instances of them running like that.

Vivaldi mainly for desktop sync, it's chromium so it has good compatibility, PWA support, and it has ad/tracker blocking though personally I use adguard systemwide. also it's very customizable with navigation and appearance

Cromite. It's easily the fastest browser i've used. Good baked in adblock is all I really need, and the increased performance and compatibility vs firefox is nice.

Firefox personally, Arc for work

Firefox with uBlock Origin and NoScript.
I don't like ads, or websites using JavaScript for anything I don't approve of, or unnecessarily.

Firefox bc it has ublock and I think more useful extensions are on the way And I can send my tabs to all my devices very easily

Firefox

Firefox Nightly because of the extensions, Libredirect, uBlock Origin, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, etc.

I've been using Fennec F-Droid, which is based on Firefox. I mostly use it because I want a non-chromium based browser and Firefox and it's derivatives have browser extensions on android. I chose Fennec F-Droid because, while I could be wrong, it seems to be slightly smaller and run slightly faster than Firefox.
- Fennec is the FOSS version of Firefox.
  
  IIRC Mull is Fennec without the Firefox telemetry.

Firefox with a couple of extensions. But i have to use chrome with some webs (mainly from the town council, and several official institutions) because don't work properly with Firefox.

Firefox. It's a slow buggy mess, but it's a slow buggy mess with an adblocker.

Mull and the duckduckgo app
- Why the DDG app?
  
  When the browser first came out I was on chrome and decided to try ddg and have gotten used to it since. I only got into privacy as a focus after that but ddg still does well AMS works for most things I want.
  Also quicker than mull on my poor old phone.

Mull

Iceraven (Firefox fork)
Cromite
- I also use Iceraven. I think, apart from Smart cookiewebpreview, it's the only one that allows for extension sideloading.

Firefox because I like the UI and I think chrome has gotten too dominant.
Brave if I need to chromecast something

Firefox nightly

Vivaldi synced with the Desktop

Chrome, I'm deep into the Google ecosystem at this point. But i use DDG for my search engine because Google's has gotten noticeably worse for my job in the past year or so
- I hate to say it but me too.
  Chrome is my daily driver. Firefox Mobile needs major features that only exist in chrome for now.
  Tab grouping is the biggest one. But if I could have multiple profiles on Firefox like I can on desktop I'd move today.
  
  Yeah but ublock origin more than makes up for it.
  And Dark Reader. I simply don't understand why chrome doesn't have dark mode on android.

Using GrapheneOS, so I use Vanadium

Brave browser. Just works.

Iceraven, because I like having 1000 extensions lol

Vanadium. It is supposedly quite secure. Comes with GrapheneOS. So far I'm very happy with it.

I use firefox, fennec, chrome if I have to, and violincello for articles, text-only browsing on android for the win
- have you tried Reader mode on Firefox? I found it works really well for articles and blog posts, and it's how I usually end up reading them.

Iceraven you can use any extension of your choise

Firefox. I do have chrome for when I need to quickly navigate japanese sites (usually government/visa stuff)

Vivaldi, blocks ads and I'm not that big of a firefox fan.

Depends on usage. If I have 2 hands available Firefox, u lock Origin is a must on a modern web. But if I need one hand free for… let’s say holding an umbrella, then cromite, based on the chrome fork based off of bromite. As much as I don’t like chrome, on Android it’s the only browser that has gestures, which makes one handed usage perfect. Cromite, just has adblockers built int and lacks many of the tracking stuff too.

Waterfox because I liked Firefox for years then it got bloated and Waterfox is less bloated.

Cromite.
Snappier than anything else (With real dark mode, adblocker, anti fingerprint and great security).
Never could get used to Firefox on mobile how hard I try.
On Desktop, it's Linux with Librewolf.

I use the DDG App. It closes all my tabs automatically, I'm the type of person to have hundreds or thousands of tabs open and don't need that on my phone.
Plus it's like incognito mode by default, saving cookies on only the sites I explicitly tell it to
I'm sure I can configure Firefox in a similar way but DDG just feels good to me.

Cromite because PWAs

Is there an Android browser that has ad blocking but still allows you to sign into your Google account?
- Firefox?
  
  Ah, apologies. I should've specified: Preferably Chromium based. Thank you for your suggestion though, I appreciate it.

Chrome, because Ticketmaster can eat a bag of dicks.

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