I avoid chromium based browsers in general, using ungoogled-chromium if I have to. I did look into brave when it was new-ish but was immediately turned off by the crypto integration. A preinstalled adblocker isn't worth having to have that.
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I've been having to recommend Brave for older relatives using an iPhone
They need an ad blocker because of all the scam/malware ads these days, and iPhone apparently does not allow uBlock + Firefox
Brave is easier to setup, and should block ads better, than Chrome + uBlock Lite (I have to walk them through it over the phone)
Is there a better option for this use case? Genuine question
Done. Never used it much anyway.
What's the best chromium browser to use then?
Firefox doesn't work on all sites, so I sometimes have to use Brave
Beyond trying a different browser: try the chrome mask extension for Firefox, some websites that refuse to work only do so because they are hardcoded to.
I believe ungoogled-chromium is best imho. I will admit the options are not looking good atm
Genuine question: what sites do you run into where Firefox doesn't work? The only thing I can think of is Jellyfin
Thingiverse doesn't work for me. Possibly due to several layers of ad/script blockers I have running but most sites don't have issues. Netflix and Hulu were screwy as well when I used them.
Mh? We’re using jellyfin in Firefox all the time in our household. Or do you mean for specific codecs?
Have not validated recently but the initial setup would not start in Firefox. The page would load but it would not be the "setup your first user" page. Had to use chrome to setup the admin account. YMMV.
Absolutely loads, honestly.
You'll just be trying to accomplish some random task like book a restaurant table, and the form will be inexplicably broken.
Most recent site I experienced this on is my national mail carrier where I'm trying to track a package and on Firefox their AI chatboy assistant goes crazy and covers the whole page blocking any interaction.
This browser monopoly has us back in the bad old days of "works only on Internet Explorer"
The most annoying one is paying with iDeal
That "dutch" payment system breaks on FireFox, there are others but they aren't significant I do semi regularly run into a issue though (mostly mobile) and the switching to brave fixes that.
I use brave as little as possible, but it's needed sometimes
As someone who uses iDEAL with Firefox all the time, I have never had it break. You might need to check whether there isn't an extension that causes issues or looking into disabling Enhanced privacy mode for iDEAL.
Not sure what bank you're with, but perhaps it's only a issue with my bank. On mobile it doesn't open the banking app when it should when I use FireFox
I recognize that issue. Firefox doesn't forward to an app by default, prompting you instead. However, they often immediately forward you to the play store instead when it does not work immediately (not letting you accept the prompt).
Settings > (Advanced) > Open Links in App (set to always), would make it work (at the cost of every other website also doing so...)
That does sound painful. Thanks for sharing.
Vivaldi is the one I liked the most before swapping off chromium
Sadly Brave was better behaving on my Android phone than Firefox. I suppose time to go back to roots
Firefox has been pretty good on Android for a little while now. They have recently rolled out an interface refresh that is an improvement in my opinion.
I've always suspected it as a bad choice, it was my mainstay for a chromium-fork in a pinch at best.
But am curious how vivaldi truly compares in terms of privacy and general trustworthiness legacy
It's also recommended on privacyguides.org whereas vivaldi doesn't seem as foss as brave
Is it allowable with the privacyguides settings for foss-support-reasons or should we still avoid?
I gotta have some kinda librewolf alternative for compatibility-sake