How to Remove Suggested “Articles for You” from Android Chrome

Re:How to Remove Suggested “Articles for You” from Android C... by jeroenhd on Thursday November 14, 2019 @03:52PM (#21539265)

Although my main mobile browser is Firefox, I can't deny that chrome is better on performance and battery life (even with ad blockers installed in FF). I can understand why people use a Chrome(-based) browsers on mobile.

The replacement for Firefox for Android is coming along nicely but it's nowhere near completion yet.

Improving stuff like this makes Chrome somewhat bearable until Firefox can match Chrome in performance.

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Re:How to Remove Suggested “Articles for You” from Android C... by gravitas on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:58PM (#21539912)

I feel quite the opposite - stock Pixel 2, FF is snappier even with uBlock and SmartHTTPS enabled. I also enjoy features like the "Switch" popup bar when you open a new tab, once I have to use Chrome again for that one random website and start opening tabs from clicks I instantly start missing the ease of use FF mobile brings which Chrome does not in my use patterns.

Also, it's a lot easier to de-clutterify the main default screen and set a simple about:blank as the home page without having to dig into about:config (chrome://flags) - Chrome loves to hide things from you and force their world view (NTP), Firefox makes it all simple to disable and live a clutter-free mobile life. $0.02 USD :) (I just counted - I have to go disable 5 NTP chrome://flags to de-clutter the home page, whereas Firefox I just use standard menu choices to set a default home page)

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