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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by buro9 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @09:03AM (#20050711)
Brave browser allows you to default disable JavaScript which for 90% of sites means to block adverts (and 10% of sites will break the site)

Firefox Focus will at least destroy everything the moment you leave a site

Firefox allows ad-blockers

These are what I use for all sites that aren't owned by Google... Google sites I open in Chrome, but only Google sites do I open in Chrome

I have no default browser on my Android, I pick a browser when I click a link, with Brave being my default in most cases, Firefox Focus for "must have JavaScript but please scorch the Earth afterwards" and Firefox for somewhere inbetween

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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by enitihas on Thursday May 30, 2019 @09:08AM (#20050759)
Brave makes different trade offs. I use brave with javascript disabled, and find a lot of sites not working. Specifically, any links I open from email mostly don't work due to JS. If you don't know why your fav site isn't working due to JS, brave might not be your cup of tea. And that is 99% of mobile users.
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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by AceyMan on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:18AM (#20052097)
On my Nexus I've made Firefox Focus my default browser.

Not that I use it the most — I have standard Firefox for hitting my everyday fave sites — but when I follow a link from another app (email, etc.) I know I'll get a fast experience w/o cookie persistence and the other upsides of a stealth browser.

For me, it's been a successful pattern.

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