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Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #34

I feel it's safer these days to assume any digital product that's owned by a Chinese parent company is compromised, than assuming it isn't.

But for many of us, the aspect of having a NSA backdoored US product is probably more scary.

You are a traitor and an idiot.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #34

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But for many of us, the aspect of having a NSA backdoored US product is probably more scary.

You are a traitor and an idiot.

Why? Please be more substantial, don't just insult.

And I'm not from the US.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #54

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What are your main problems with Safari?

"A problem occurred with this webpage so it was reloaded"

All browsers on iOS must use the same WebKit rendering engine, and the error you quoted is quite rare in practice (I can't even remember the last time I saw it on iOS).

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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Once I started using Firefox Focus, I was surprised at how rarely I actually needed to browse the web un-anonymously. I don't need to be logged in to search, use Wikipedia, or read news online. Focus is perfect for bite-sized browsing. Read and then throw the session away.

Requires iOS 11. I don't want to update my iPhone SE -- it's fine as it is and I don't need it slower; I made that mistake with a previous iPhone.

iOS 12 is benchmarked to be much faster than 11 in pretty much every case I believe.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #3

I know that nobody is asking for alternatives, nor my opinion, but Brave browser is great. Cool project

Brave is worse than Firefox in every way. I don't want to use a browser that steals from publishers for the browser maker's benefit. If I'm going to steal from publishers, nobody should benefit.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #34

I feel it's safer these days to assume any digital product that's owned by a Chinese parent company is compromised, than assuming it isn't.

But for many of us, the aspect of having a NSA backdoored US product is probably more scary.

Also true. Not to mention for those of us in other the 5-eyes nations the movements that governments are making towards other invasive policies.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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Yes I would not trust them just as I don't understand how people buy Chinese spy phones

What's the alternative? American spy phones? I'd be more afraid of the American government than the Chinese one.

Good thing you aren't a uyghur in China, but stay in your bubble.

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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What's the alternative? American spy phones? I'd be more afraid of the American government than the Chinese one.

Good thing you aren't a uyghur in China, but stay in your bubble.

Exactly. If I were in China I'd not use Chinese Spy phones.... but thanks for the bubbles!

Re: Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

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post #54

After the recent Chrome debacles, I removed it from my systems (not that I was using it much before). On iOS, my go to browser is Firefox Focus, a single tab browser that you treat as a private tab and erase quickly when you're done. It comes with a built in ad blocker too. Next in line for my use are Brave and Firefox. They're different, have good interfaces, and support multiple tabs. Last on my list is Safari. The…

What are your main problems with Safari?

Personal preferences, mainly. I don’t like the fact that I have to go to the Settings app to clear browsing history, for one.
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