This is a browser I really wish to have discovered sooner, as it implements the ability to install addons from Firefox and Chrome stores on macOS and iOS besides being seemingly faster than Safari. source for this info: Orion F.A.Q. Important things to note: Is Orion open-source? We’re working …

Previous discussion for reference: [image] Orion browser · privacyguides · Discussion #15 I am always very hesitant with suggesting browsers but this seems worth to discuss. This browser both for iOS and MacOS is based on WebKit and looks and feels like Safari. This for especially iOS i…

Looking through the discussion, I can see how recommending it on macOS is not the best approach, but I wonder what is the teams stance in recommending it on iOS? I was using Safari with Adguard but it didn’t block any ads for me even after updating the filter lists. And as a bonus, it does not see…

[image] anon81480553: I was using Safari with Adguard but it didn’t block any ads for me even after updating the filter lists. I can’t reproduce this, since I use Adguard+Safari every day :thinking:

So I downloaded their Orion browser for iOS and it supports both FF and Chrome extensions?! I was able to install ublock origin easily. (How is this even possible with iOS browsers having to use apples safari backend?) Would their browser also meet recommendation standards? I’m glad kagi is continu…

[image] Weewaawoo: Would their browser also meet recommendation standards? It’s not open source, which would be a clear downgrade compared to the other browser recommendations and is a minimum requirement. IIRC, they’ve implemented webextension support which makes a lot of extensions compati…

[image] a_user: It’s not open source, which would be a clear downgrade compared to the other browser recommendations and is a minimum requirement. On macOS yes, but on iOS, open source isn’t a minimum requirement, so technically I don’t see anything that would prevent it for being recommended…

I would say the main advantage of Orion is its developer features, which are unlikely to be of much use on iOS.

Yeah we like to keep things as close to upstream as possible unless there’s some really great privacy features like Tor browser has.

Orion also lacks important features that Safari has like support for Lockdown mode which is pretty disappointing. Not really sure what is supposed to differentiate Orion from Safari + a decent content blocker besides visual fluff. Even then Safari is very minimal, so there really isn’t a lot to disl…

Also, one of Orion’s biggest selling points for privacy folk would be access to uBO, but uBO Lite is now being developed for Safari.

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