To me its more a question of Security. In that regard I have more trust in Google and Microsoft.
Cash (sadly) does rule the world.
Then I have for ever been using Chrome on Android. Habits die hard ^^
So im just blocking trackers and ads over DNS Server or AdGuard on Google Chrome atm.
Currently setting up AdGuard, which will let me Block Apps aswell.
Security and Privacy are not the Same:
MS Edge is kinda anoying with Tab sorting, but also fun to use.
(Android)
definitely true, but sadly thats not an option given.
i guess if you really wanted to you could build it from source with the icon changed but that isnât trivial
To me its more a question of Security. In that regard I have more trust in Google and Microsoft.
Cash (sadly) does rule the world.
Then I have for ever been using Chrome on Android. Habits die hard ^^
i could maybe understand using stock for security, but how is chrome more secure than brave? i guess thereâs enhanced safe browsing, but thatâs literally handing the url of every page you visit to google. iâd much rather use brave with its content blocking and anti-fingerprinting as well as other features, lots of which enhance security
youâre giving up so much privacy for basically no increase in security
Vivaldi is a proprietary software, just like Chrome. I would recommend against it.
In fact, I would rather use Chrome or Edge for that matter. If I have to use the proprietary software, I tend to use the biggest one first, or the one I think have more credibility (in my eyes). Nevertheless, this is a trust model that I donât like.
The main reason I moved from Chrome to Brave was because itâs an open source software, and a good one at that. Every aspect of my security and privacy are specified by design. It is a zero-trust model.
Not giving up privacy.
At the moment AdGuard ist taking care of that aspect.
At least thats where i stand at the Moment.
Maby it will soon be MS Edge again or Brave?
Dunno.
Any thoughts on Safari with lockdown mode enabled?
adguard might not catch everything. and again, why rely on that when you can use a solution which can disable tracking information in the first place. chrome doesnât bring anything to the table. pretty sure you canât get cosmetic blocking with just dns blockingâŚ
Thereâs no privacy in any proprietary software, since no one knows whatâs really happening behind the scene at any point in any period of time.
Security, yes, to some extent. Privacy, oh no.
itâs ok for security⌠browsers on ios are all just webkit anyway. but idk about privacyâŚ
I mostly use Vivaldi as a second (& Chromium based) browser. Itâs not privacy orientated, at least not with default settings, but it has many useful features
Lockdown mode has benefits that are specific to Safari so thatâs your best bet assuming you use lockdown mode.
Vivaldi is good tho.
Nice, for that specific test, 93% is the highest score a DNS based blocker can receive.
However, to be clear, the results from that test shouldnât be generalized. The %% means of the things that test tests for 93% were blocked. It does not mean that you should expect to block 93% of ads/tracking in practice across the real web. For a typical mainstream user, especially a heavy mobile user, or a heavy social media user, many/most of the sites they visit will fall into that 7% that is not blocked (Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Twitch, Google Maps, Amazon, Reddit all fall in that 7% I believe)
Actually its far more that goes trough.
Currently somewhere around 18% block rate, after clearing protocol. ublock light+
Used to be 31%, which is close to ublock medium.
Nice 
Whats kind of anoying is that Chrome and Brave dont ask before they download a PDFâŚ
Havent found a way to change this.
My testing shows:
none block partner.ads.js I havenât been able to find out exactly what this does or why no blocklist seems to block it, from the digging Iâve done so far, it seems related to youtube, and it seems the reason it is not being blocked may be because its been whitelisted as part of the fight against youtubeâs anti-adblock methods.
In the past it was easy to achieve 100% with uBO, so I suspect that the one thing not being blocked now is due to whitelisting.
On top Firefox, I keep two Brave profiles for web apps and sites which are broken in FF.
For work, I use Brave (another profile), and Vivaldi. Vivaldi is not completely open source, but comparing it with Chrome or Edge does not make sense at all. Please, make some reading (before) instead of using memorised sentences.
