# Midori Browser (Gecko Browser for Desktop, Android)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/midori-browser-gecko-browser-for-desktop-android/15027
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Tags:** rejected
**Created:** 2023-11-15T05:31:12Z
**Posts:** 24
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## Post 3 by @anon63378630 — 2023-11-15T06:16:35Z

When Astian first came around and effectively took over Midori I found the whole process extremely suspicious.

Personally, I can’t see a reason to consider them today in light of other well known and strong options.

> Products focused on user privacy

- Website loads trackers from Google, Microsoft, and other third parties.

- Their AstianOS download button doesn’t even work

- These repos are the old pre-takeover ones:

- Modern Midori does appear to be a Firefox fork on both desktop and Android

- They appear to have a cryptocurrency shitcoin: MITO

- Their search engine has a bunch of blank pages:

- The search engine makes numerous requests to third parties including one VeVe which is a data collection/monetization company that contains full search request/terms

- The search engine appears to literally just embed the Google CSE, but then claim DuckDuckGo is the source?

- Their PMPrivacy browser extension is a fork of AdGuard’s, except again it has commit history stripped: [https://github.com/goastian/midori-pmprivacy/](https://github.com/goastian/midori-pmprivacy/)

- Some upcoming VPN, and it too has blank help pages

- Their about page is just lorem ipsum: [https://astian](https://astian)[.]org/about-us/

I can keep going, but this just gets worse the more I go.

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