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.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    16 hours ago

    YSK that every Chromium-based browser is harmful and should be avoided, regardless of how up-to-date it is.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        15 hours ago

        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.

        • gedfromgont@piefed.caEnglish
          4·
          13 hours ago

          Going with that argument though, isn’t the whole of GrapheneOS then problematic as Google also controls that upstream code?

          • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
            16·
            13 hours ago

            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.

        • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          Honestly yeah it’s much more secure, afaik the sandboxing on Firefox and the such is horrible

                • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  3 hours ago

                  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.

    • SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
      4·
      15 hours ago

      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?

      • gedfromgont@piefed.caEnglish
        5·
        13 hours ago

        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.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 hours ago

          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.

          • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            50 minutes ago

            FF took privacy out of their policy. At this point, why not just DDG. I also use SearXist, and you can randomize the engine instances used to avoid fingerprinting.