Cromite browser was a privacy and security oriented Android browser.
Their latest update was in 21th of May: v148.0.7778.168.
Their commit history also suggest that the browser is slowly being sunset.
To put it into context, the current version of chrome on Android is 150.0.7871.63, released on 30th of June.
You’re not my real dad, I can do what I want.
YSK that every Chromium-based browser is harmful and should be avoided, regardless of how up-to-date it is.
What about GraphenOS’s Vanadium?
As a GrapheneOS user I’m aware of the developers’ arguments for it, but it has the same problem as every other Chromium browser: Google controls the upstream code, so it’s still going to contribute to Google’s harmful hegemony over web standards.
It probably is more “secure” than Firefox, though, measured against the GrapheneOS devs’ threat model. But my problem with Chromium is one they don’t even try to address.
Going with that argument though, isn’t the whole of GrapheneOS then problematic as Google also controls that upstream code?
The rest of GrapheneOS doesn’t influence how web developers design websites, or what fingerprinting and other private information the browser allows sites to steal from users.
It’s not just Manifest V3, either. It’s also the “Web Environment Integrity” API (read: DRM for websites) and “WebMCP” and such. Those are the sorts of monopolistic practices and enshittification you’re supporting and endorsing whenever you use a Chromium-based browser, including Vanadium.
Please use it over any <insert any non-chromium browser engine here> browser.
Honestly yeah it’s much more secure, afaik the sandboxing on Firefox and the such is horrible
No.
Then you aren’t using the most secure open source browser.
But I am escaping the corporate browser monopoly. I’m good on that.
I’m curious if you own a smartphone and if so, what OS it runs.
Yeah and it’s android. I know the whole spiel you want to give me, can we just not do that? You’re opting back into the Google ecosystem in the name of security, and I don’t choose that. Using Firefox is the only current option I have for avoiding using a browser controlled by Google. I’ve read the arguments about sandboxing and all and I don’t find it a compelling reason to use Google’s software when I can avoid it, particularly something as fundamental as a web browser.
I came here to joke about my Firefox browser, but I guess it’s not chromium, yay! Any particular phone browsers that you would recommend?
Waterfox on all devices.
I use Firefox on both my phone and my desktop.
In the least use Fennec or better Ironfox. However Ironfox is breaking some websites occasionally or can be just slow loading pages so I have both installed and use them both.
I used ironFox until recently it started randomly timing out on websites that work fine everywhere else. So I’m back to FF on Android.
Which Android FF browser is currently considered up to code?
I use Firefox. 🤷♂️
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there’s really so few good android browsers…
waterfox is my favorite. but the next one is probably firefox…
Whats wrong with firefox?
Nothing except a lot of websites are designed to only work well (or at all) on chrome. I use Firefox 99% of the time but occasionally I have to use a shitty website like that so I switch to ungoogled chrome, or ddg browser on android.
What websites don’t work? I’ve never had an issue with sites on Firefox.
This isn’t uncommon. For a while Ticketmaster didn’t work, as one example.
My national broadcaster doesn’t play videos on either Firefox or Firefox focus unfortunately.
It’s such a small market share these days they just don’t bother to check or fix it.
it’s not that great imo ever since they moved away from fennec (to fenix)
performance wise it’s very laggy compared to chromium. and the UI is terrible… they recently made it even worse too. plus no customization at all, though that’s also lacking for other browsers
