This might have been discussed to death by now, unfortunately I couldn’t find any discussion on it on Lemmy. Though I would love to be corrected on that!
How does an always on incognito Chromium with uBlock Origin on medium mode (and other hardening/privacy settings enabled) compare to Brave (with e.g. Privacy Guides’ recommended settings) with respect to security and privacy on Linux[1]?
“With the looming advent of Manifest v3, this discussion might not be very relevant for long.”I’m aware.
“Just use Firefox/Librewolf or any other privacy-conscious browser that isn’t Chromium-based.”I already do, but some websites/platforms don’t play nice on non-Chromium-based browsers due to Google’s monopoly on the web. Sometimes I can afford to not use that website/platform, but unfortunately not always.
“Brave’s [insert controversy] makes them unreliable to take services from.”Honestly, I think that if both solutions are as effective that a reason like this might be sufficient to tip the balance in favor of one. Because ultimately this all comes down to trust.
"Just use Ungoogled Chromium." Some more knowledgeable people than me advice against it. Though, I’d say I’m open to hear different opinions on this as long as they’re somewhat sophisticated.
“Just use [insert another Chromium-based browser].”If it has merits beyond Brave and Chromium with respect to security and privacy, I’ll consider it.
Thanks in advance!
I can be more specific about which distro I prefer using, but I don’t think it matters. I might be wrong though*.
Cromite is a fork of the seemingly-abandoned Bromite, which used to be the only browser recommended by GrapheneOS (other than their own Vanadium). It’s relatively new though so I don’t think that much has been written about it for comparison.
Chromite/Bromite is primarily an android browser, even on windows it looks and behaves just like a mobile app.
Whilst I like the feature set as an alternative to Brave the fact they refuse to fix the PWA situation as it’s “Of no interest” to the dev is a no go for me.
Thanks a lot for mentioning this! I didn’t know someone took over the good work from Bromite. I’ll definitely check into it! Am I correct to assume that (like Bromite), this is a browser exclusively meant to be used on Android devices? I guess I might get it to work on Waydroid as well, not sure if I would like to commit to that yet though. Nonetheless, this input of yours has been much appreciated!
No Linux, I feel left out 😭. Though it would be awesome if I could get it working in Wine (read: Bottles).
Update: I wasn’t able to make it work in Wine. I assumed the chrome.exe file was the browser. Though, I might be wrong. I would love others to chime in on this!
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Cromite is a fork of the seemingly-abandoned Bromite, which used to be the only browser recommended by GrapheneOS (other than their own Vanadium). It’s relatively new though so I don’t think that much has been written about it for comparison.
Chromite/Bromite is primarily an android browser, even on windows it looks and behaves just like a mobile app.
Whilst I like the feature set as an alternative to Brave the fact they refuse to fix the PWA situation as it’s “Of no interest” to the dev is a no go for me.
Ah, I missed the part in the OP where it said “Linux”, whoops
Thanks a lot for mentioning this! I didn’t know someone took over the good work from Bromite. I’ll definitely check into it! Am I correct to assume that (like Bromite), this is a browser exclusively meant to be used on Android devices? I guess I might get it to work on Waydroid as well, not sure if I would like to commit to that yet though. Nonetheless, this input of yours has been much appreciated!
Ah, I missed the part where you said “Linux”, sorry!
Iirc cromite supports Android and windows ATM. Check the repo here: https://github.com/uazo/cromite
Updating using obtanium works good.
No Linux, I feel left out 😭. Though it would be awesome if I could get it working in Wine (read: Bottles).
Update: I wasn’t able to make it work in Wine. I assumed the chrome.exe file was the browser. Though, I might be wrong. I would love others to chime in on this!
Yea I get it. I have to use ungoogled instead