Many people recommend Brave as a browser these days. I just tried it again after a while. <\/p>
The good: it has a built-in ad blocker and blocks YouTube ads completely.
The bad: it's noticeably slow at loading regular web pages, even with a 1 Gbps connection. And that crypto shit nowbody needs. Still too bloated as a web browser, like the most of them.<\/p>
I've gotten so used to the ultra-slim ungoogled-chromium setup, with a working YouTube ad blocker and full anti-tracking features, that browsing feels as fast as opening local files. No other browser matches that.<\/p>
It's sad that you have to be a nerd to get a truly fast, ad- and tracking-free browsing experience these days. Most browsers only give you one or the other.<\/p>
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The bad: it's noticeably slow at loading regular web pages, even with a 1 Gbps connection. And that crypto shit nowbody needs. Still too bloated as a web browser, like the most of them.<\/p>
- No profiles
- No force-feeding Google
- No fingerprinting
- No pointless gradients, stats, or widgets cluttering the new tab page that you can't disable
- No useless toolbar icons
- No \"calling home\" features that slow down browsing<\/p>
- No profiles
- No force-feeding Google
- No fingerprinting
- No pointless gradients, stats, or widgets cluttering the new tab page that you can't disable
- No useless toolbar icons
- No \"calling home\" features that slow down browsing<\/p>
yay -S ungoogled-chromium-bin <\/p>
flatpak install flathub com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium<\/a> <\/p>
Download from: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a> <\/p>
winget install -e eloston.ungoogled-chromium <\/p>
choco install ungoogled-chromium
https:\/\/community.chocolatey.org\/packages\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a> <\/p>
Download from: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a> <\/p>
brew install --cask ungoogled-chromium
https:\/\/formulae.brew.sh\/cask\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a><\/p>
GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/ungoogled-software\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a>
Binaries: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a><\/p>
yay -S ungoogled-chromium-bin <\/p>
flatpak install flathub com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium<\/a> <\/p>
Download from: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a> <\/p>
winget install -e eloston.ungoogled-chromium <\/p>
choco install ungoogled-chromium
https:\/\/community.chocolatey.org\/packages\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a> <\/p>
Download from: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a> <\/p>
brew install --cask ungoogled-chromium
https:\/\/formulae.brew.sh\/cask\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a><\/p>
GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/ungoogled-software\/ungoogled-chromium<\/a>
Binaries: https:\/\/ungoogled-software.github.io\/ungoogled-chromium-binaries\/<\/a><\/p>