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Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

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Post by SahAssar »

infinityplus1 wrote: post #29
cercatrova wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Replacing ads with their own ads, running a cryptocurrency within the browser. I don't want microtransactions to view sites which I feel like is what Brave is hoping for in the future. I mean, microtransactions are the name of the game in cryptocurrency but doing so for online content is especially egregious.

Isn't it opt-in? I simply don't enable those features. You can even hide the Brave Rewards button in the settings.

Even if it's opt-in I still think it's shady and reflects on what the company thinks the future of its browser is.

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

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Post by detaro »

NikolaeVarius wrote: post #22
Thriptic wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So to be clear, the existing Firefox on Android which has broad extension support is going to be replaced with a version with less extension support? Why? One of the biggest value adds of Firefox on Android is broad extension support.

Only way to make it suck less https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2019/06/27/reinventi...

That link doesn't seem to address why plugins need to be restricted to a whitelist? (Which might not be the end-goal, but Mozilla is quite cagey about it)

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

#34

Post by kodablah »

infinityplus1 wrote: post #29
cercatrova wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Replacing ads with their own ads, running a cryptocurrency within the browser. I don't want microtransactions to view sites which I feel like is what Brave is hoping for in the future. I mean, microtransactions are the name of the game in cryptocurrency but doing so for online content is especially egregious.

Isn't it opt-in? I simply don't enable those features. You can even hide the Brave Rewards button in the settings.

When able to do so, many choose products based on principles regardless of how they use them specifically (hypocrisy and comparison of evils notwithstanding).

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

#35

Post by 0x38B »

input_sh wrote: post #17
emteycz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox on mobile has extension support, I am using it right now?

It's gonna be replaced during this year with a complete rewrite. Extension support is coming, but at the moment only uBlock Origin is available.

I'm using the nightly preview and it has:

- uBlock Origin

- NoScript Security Suite

- Dark Reader

- HTTPS Everywhere

- Privacy Badger

- Search by Image

I like the new UI: quick and intuitive. When you open a new tab, you see your most-visited sites, open tabs, and collections.

Liking collections, currently have 'Web dev' for my in-progress projects & servers and '{My city}' for local (health) news and other resources.

When I tried it a couple months ago, I remember being impressed but put off by missing features - downloads didn't work, etc. But it's looking better, good enough to use daily with Brave as a backup.

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

#37

Post by gnomewascool »

Thriptic wrote: post #19
input_sh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's gonna be replaced during this year with a complete rewrite. Extension support is coming, but at the moment only uBlock Origin is available.

So to be clear, the existing Firefox on Android which has broad extension support is going to be replaced with a version with less extension support? Why? One of the biggest value adds of Firefox on Android is broad extension support.

> So to be clear, the existing Firefox on Android which has broad extension support is going to be replaced with a version with less extension support?

Probably not. By the time the switch for release (non-nightly/beta) Firefox comes, I expect all the currently supported extensions will still be supported.

In the long-run, since the new architecture will be generally easier to develop, I hope that some of the WebExtension APIs supported on Desktop, but currently not on Android (on Fennec), will also become available on Android (on Fenix).

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

#38

Post by notechback »

emayljames wrote: post #36
bibyte wrote: post #32

A very important project because it is one of the two browsers on Android that support extensions (the other one is Firefox Mobile). I didn't know it was closed source.

Yandex mobile does chrome extensions.

If you trust yandex enough to allow them to possibly gather all your browsing activity, passwords, ... It's like trusting tencent.

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

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Post by bibyte »

emayljames wrote: post #36
bibyte wrote: post #32

A very important project because it is one of the two browsers on Android that support extensions (the other one is Firefox Mobile). I didn't know it was closed source.

Yandex mobile does chrome extensions.

Thanks for letting me know. It is good to be aware of alternatives.

Re: Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensions support

#40

Post by ta1771 »

llarsson wrote: post #10
papermachete wrote: post #8

Beware, the binary .apk's have unreleased patches you can't get from compiling yourself.

That sounds shady. Thank you for the warning. How does one determine that? Also not found on F-droid. Hard pass.

Check out Bromite, they have an F-Droid repo that you can add to F-Droid!

Not affiliated with Bromite, just cycling accounts, can point toward my last one if anyone's concerned about this acct's greenness.

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