Don’t get me wrong, DDG’s app is a massive step up in privacy, but it’s hardly a browser, it’s simply a WebView frontend. You’re pretty much still using Chrome.
I know Firefox is the popular option here, but do we have any serious non-google managed Chromium based browser options out there that don't have some weird gimmick?
+1 for Vivaldi. If you remember old, Presto-era Opera you’ll feel right at home with it. I know there are some people who moved from Firefox to it, too.
Only thing is, their integrated adblocker doesn’t support cosmetic filtering right now, but it’s in the works.
I’ve switched from reddit to Lemmy, from windows to Linux and just as easy as my devices are running Firefox. I was balls deep in Google, they keep on pushing me away
I wonder if there ever will be a point where the mayor populous actually goes “screw this” and starts finding out how to change their browser via “how to change internet” or “how to change google”
will there ever be a point where this even happens i wonder, like at all
Google’s proposed “Web Integrity API” browser-DRM was probably the biggest attack on the open web since its conception. I don’t think they have fully given up on that idea and they’ll likely sneak it in more gradually and slowly. Manifest v3 is just a small baby step in this direction of taking away user control.
If you mean Manifest V3 (MV3) then yeah it’s been on the table for a while, they had to make additional APIs for other extension developers because of how restrictive it was to begin with. The question is how many APIs are they going to develop without inadvertently allowing more adblock extensions? It’s a tough problem for them it seems.
I’m only using Chrome for work because the profile switching & syncing is so much smoother and our company is split into two primary brands - my brain handles it better with an individual browser profile for each.
We’re consolidating everything into one next year, meaning I can ditch the second browser!
I’ve tried setting up a second profile but it was just too much effort to get it working and bring everything across from both, then do the same on my laptop for travel, so I’ll just wait for now.
I know you are being sarcastic, but it’s not sarcasm at all, and therefore no laughing matter, when more and more websites drop support for none-chromium browsers, or actively block them. Netizens tend to have some missguided belief that every problem can be solved with software alone. This is a trap.
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