I’ve been bouncing around mobile browsers for a while now trying to find one I’m ok with.
I started with Chrome, because it worked reliably and had a decent UI. Then as time went on and Google stopped not being evil, I switched to Brave. Chromium based, but thankfully not Google. The endless crypto shilling started to grate on me, and I started looking into the company, and decided I wanted out.
I gave Firefox a try because I love it on the PC. It didn’t work. I love a lot about it, but there are a few excruciating things on Firefox mobile that I couldn’t handle. Swiping to close tabs, jump to a new Google image, etc was frustratingly insensitive. The browser would freak out and crash the tab about 30% of the time I went landscape full screen on a video. I had to go back to Brave for a bit.
Now I’m trying out Vivaldi. Chromium based again, but no crypto shilling, and lots of customizability. I haven’t heard anything about their CEO being a bigot, or selling data to other companies, but it could be happening. Being able to sync between PC and mobile is nice, and one of the reasons I went with brave earlier and tried Firefox.
We all know that whenever someone says “crypto” they mean cryptocurrency and nfts. Pretending we’re talking about cryptographic security is not helping anyone.
I’ve been bouncing around mobile browsers for a while now trying to find one I’m ok with.
I started with Chrome, because it worked reliably and had a decent UI. Then as time went on and Google stopped not being evil, I switched to Brave. Chromium based, but thankfully not Google. The endless crypto shilling started to grate on me, and I started looking into the company, and decided I wanted out.
I gave Firefox a try because I love it on the PC. It didn’t work. I love a lot about it, but there are a few excruciating things on Firefox mobile that I couldn’t handle. Swiping to close tabs, jump to a new Google image, etc was frustratingly insensitive. The browser would freak out and crash the tab about 30% of the time I went landscape full screen on a video. I had to go back to Brave for a bit.
Now I’m trying out Vivaldi. Chromium based again, but no crypto shilling, and lots of customizability. I haven’t heard anything about their CEO being a bigot, or selling data to other companies, but it could be happening. Being able to sync between PC and mobile is nice, and one of the reasons I went with brave earlier and tried Firefox.