I already use Firefox for browsing normally, but I have to test on a Chromium based browser too. One soft requirement is that it should be installable with Flatpak on Linux.

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Unless something's changed recently, you can just install the Chromium browser itself. And it looks like it's available as a Flatpak. As a bonus this will eliminate anything extra added by browser manufacturers as a potential problem.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yes. I’ve considered that, but does it still report back to Google? Even though that majority of what I visit will be “http://127.0.0.1:8080”, I’d still rather not be spied on by Google.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How about Ungoogled Chromium?

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I though that was Linux only, but I just looked it up and it is also available on Mac.

    It’s not available on Windows, but I’m ok with that.

    I will add that to the list to try out.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I use Vivaldi because of it's tab management.

    I have it configured to put the tabs in a bar on the right side of the screen. That way you have full tab titles no matter how many you have open.

    It's also got a tiling window manager. So you can select two tabs and tell it to split screen them within the single window of Vivaldi. Or select 3, or 4, or whatever and put them in a grid. All sorts of options.

    I've got big 4k monitors, so I've grouped up some pinned tabs to always be tiled (like my email and calendar)

    It's got lots of other nice tab features and just regular features, but those are the main selling ports for me personally.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don’t like Google trackers.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does vanilla Chromium have Google trackers?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Yes. https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy/

    But not nearly as many tracking mechanisms as Chrome, because it lacks API keys for some services. By default, it will still send the URL of every page you visit to Google, though. At least that’s my understanding, reading their privacy policy.

    But it also doesn’t update itself, doesn’t seem to have a working Mac build (the one on their website doesn’t launch), and doesn’t sync (which I can live without, but end-to-end encrypted sync is nice).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, this is a contender. No Windows build and no sync are the downsides, but neither is a deal breaker, since I’m only testing with it, and I code on Linux and Mac.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If you’re using Windows, Edge is an option. You already have the Microsoft telemetry watching you regardless of using Edge, so you might as well use it if you need chrome for testing or a specific website.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The best Chromium browser in terms of compatibility is of course Google Chrome.

    The best in terms of privacy is Vivaldi. (and i hate Vivaldi).

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I haven’t tried Vivaldi. Is it available on Linux?

    Edit: Looks like they do with both .deb and .rpm packages. They’re not on Flatpak, but the rpm would work for me on Fedora.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just saw someone on Mastodon saying they replaced Chrome with Vivaldi, so maybe that?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe I'm out of the loop, but what did Brave do?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I think there's no good option. Your best bet is probably to run chrome in some sort of temporary vm so there's nothing worth tracking. Maybe there's a docker image with chrome ?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I really like Vivaldi for sites that dont like to play well with Firefox.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does the DDG browser report back to Google?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    No, they report to Bing. It caused a stink when "discovered" by the media, but it is part of their licensing agreement with Microsoft to use Bing results.

    Their search is fine, but don't use their browser.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I tend to use Falkon, which is developed by the KDE community...

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I've just been using Edge when Firefox wont open a site. It's installed by default and it's just Chrome under the hood so it works. Plus, after Google's new hostility to ad blocking I refuse to use any Chrome based browser as my default so one is as good as the other to me. They're all just a temporary tool until I go back to using the only real web browser that I can, Mozilla Firefox.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Edge isn’t installed by default on any of the computers I use, and I’m not a huge fan of all the junk they put in it.

    Also I just downloaded it on Mac and it’s a .pkg file, so that really sets off alarm bells.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Tempest browser is basically Brave but without the Crypto stuff. It's still in beta atm so take that as you will.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    if you use Windows and want to have Chrome, why not just use Edge? It's just conveniently therr, you need nothing to install.

    It works with everything that "needs" chrome.

    edit: one comment gave me the idea you use Windows but now I'm not sure in it. if not, then sry, ignore this comment :)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I don’t use Windows much, but Edge is available on Mac and Linux. I’m just not a fan of all the “features” they put in it. I’m looking for more of a clean browser experience, if you get what I mean.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I think you can't go more clean than Chromium. Pretty sure all browsers based on Chromium has some extra features, since those are the only differences in them. Vivaldi, Brave, Maxthon etc..., the same engine in different car, with different extras.

    this is why I usually recommend people to use Edge if they really want Chrome, since on Windows, it's already there. But yeah, on Linux, I wouldn't really tell anyone to apt install edge.

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    I just discovered Thorium the other day.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I've been using it for a few months now and it's great. Firefox is my main browser but a chromium based one is good to have. Wonder why it asks for my password every now and then but think it's likely auto update stuff.

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