# Isn’t it recommended to enable extensions in the Cromite browser on Android?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/isn-t-it-recommended-to-enable-extensions-in-the-cromite-browser-on-android/39117
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2026-07-13T07:45:22Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @night_driver — 2026-07-13T07:45:22Z

For a few times, I’ve been facing an issue on the Cromite browser on Android. Many official websites don’t open in this browser, whereas the same sites open normally on Brave.

So today, I decided to compare my configuration with Privacy Guides’ recommended configuration for Cromite.

> **[Cromite (Android) - Privacy Respecting Web Browsers for Android and iOS -...](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/#cromite-android)**
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> Protects against the following threat(s): | These browsers are what we currently recommend for standard/non-anonymous internet browsing on your phone.

Cromite currently supports adding extensions on Android, so I want to know whether it’s recommended to add extensions.

I believe **uBlock Origin** is the gold standard for privacy on browsers, and I’ve added it to my Cromite browser.

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## Post 2 by @Expert4870 — 2026-07-13T08:16:54Z

> [@night_driver](#):
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> I believe **uBlock Origin** is the gold standard for privacy on browsers, and I’ve added it to my Cromite browser.

I believe that content blockers are not particularly effective at improving privacy in browsers. [https://fingerprint.com](https://fingerprint.com) runs on over 6000 sites (if you believe their metrics, which I do). In my experience, content blockers make no difference at guarding against [fingerprint.com](http://fingerprint.com)’s tactics.

Use for preventing malvertising, may prevent tracking on rudimentary sites, certainly improves the web experience. Not anything close to a silver bullet, unfortunately.

[Badness enumeration](https://privsec.dev/posts/knowledge/badness-enumeration/) is just a bad strategy.

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## Post 3 by @anon73838 — 2026-07-13T20:00:38Z

Chromite already has adblocking built in so I wouldn’t bother with ublock.

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## Post 4 by @anonymous652 — 2026-07-14T01:42:03Z

It’s been merged but not updated on the website yet but do NOT use Cromite anymore. It is insanely outdated at this point still on v148 vs the current v150, meaning it’s missing many security fixes.

> [@Remove Cromite](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/remove-cromite/37896):
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> I’d like to suggest removing Cromite from the [Android browsers recommended page](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/#cromite-android). While I like the idea of the project, it frequently is behind on updates ([recent discussion](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/cromite-add-a-note-about-update-lag/37604/10), been over a month since it got an update while Brave updated yesterday, which is a violation of the PG browser requirements), the site/repo is allegedly frequently down ([recent discussion](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/recommended-browser-cromite-site-offline/30113/10)), and there’s no technical explanation of why it could be used instead of Brave. I understand that the developer is “[VERY busy with work](https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/2884#issuecomment-4388203683)”…

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## Post 5 by @TheRipper — 2026-07-14T23:51:26Z

there aren’t many alternatives, but one I like is WebLibre (available on f-droid). It has all the security settings in the settings menu and can be enabled with a single tap. It’s very privacy focused.