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The title is err, not correct because the top 2 alternatives Opera and Arc are based on Chromium engine. I have seen tons of people swear by Arc, but I am seriously asking (since as a Linux user I can't use it), how much good can a browser be in this day and age if ultimately it's ad blocking breaks and it will since Manifest v2 will go soon(unless Arc folks have a solution for it)

The rest alternatives are Firefox, Zen (FF fork but honestly Atleast this was something new I learned from this article) and Tor (which is weird since it is not meant for normal web browsing and using it will not only be slow but put additional strain on the nodes, correct me if I am wrong).

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[–] PeteZa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I may get some hate for this but Safari is superior IMO. Especially with the private relay I get with my iCloud+ plan.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone have any thought on Orion? I know it lets you use chrome and Firefox extensions and safari/macos features. Is this the right direction or a triple hitter of danger?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No Linux or Android support, so I literally can't tell you.

I use Firefox and Firefox forks.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s what I was assuming till I got curious. I found this an hour later I posted my first comment: https://lemm.ee/post/52205220 About a year ago they started working on a Linux version. I think I saw a GitHub repo on a quick search.

If they make a flatpak available, I'll give it a shot.

Linux

Found this link.

GitHub

Org here. They have four repos:

  • Notes - readme and a license, no code
  • iOS app open - blank readme
  • DarkMode - <30 line script
  • Programmable buttons - random macOS-specific XML files, no actual code

I hope that changes, but for now their repo is essentially empty.

[–] milk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its actually pretty important that some normal traffic does flow through tor. If you dont mind the speed then its perfectly okay* to do all your web browsing through tor

*there are some caveats here but its not about the network really

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Chrome is not the same thing as Chromium.

ITT: people who like to argue about all manner of things except whether or not Chrome and Chromium are the same thing.

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