Why not, it supports ad blockers so at least it is better than Chrome. Also it can put the URL bar at the bottom which makes much more sense on a phone.

Yup. I use the Samsung browser as my primary - thanks to the adblockers.

But how do you sync it with your desktop browser? As in history, bookmarks, etc.

I don't think you can.

At least I was not able to find a way to do that. That was the main reason I switched back to Firefox on mobile despite actually liking Samsung Internet more.

Confirmed.

I tend to use my phone for personal research stuff mainly and Firefox on my desktop/laptop for work. I use bookmark syncing in Firefox, and that works great! But I generally don't need to synch from phone to desktop.

Having said this, I also had Firefox installed on my phone and on checking, see that ublock origin is available there!

Will give it a shot now. :-)

Have you tried Kiwi Browser? You can install any extensions and it includes Developer Tools.

Because mobile Firefox exists?

I don't really like samsung internet, it totally sucks. The half-assed adblocker is okayish, and the picture in picture is somewhat better than edge (stopped chrome long ago and edge is my main desktop browser).

Tried Firefox mobile, while I love the ublock origin, it kept constantly crashing that I eventually had to let go off. But yeah I'd definitely love to have a minimal android

Wait you on hacker news and don't use Firefox?

I do use Firefox. I defended Samsung against Chrome in the category of preinstalled browsers, Firefox plays in a different league of course.

I have a galaxy fold 5 as my secondary phone and when I first got it I was trying to see what people were using on android in 2023, and fold users overwhelmingly suggested the Samsung internet browser on Reddit. It's.. fine, I was disappointed immediately as even my iPhone in native safari supports greasemonkey scripts.

> I was disappointed immediately as even my iPhone in native safari supports greasemonkey scripts

It feels totally upside-down that Safari for iOS has a better extensions story than Chrome for Android. For this reason one of the first things I grab when setting up a new Android device is Firefox.

Secondary phone?

For sexting your mistress, obviously.

Could be work phone / personal phone

Traveling with my kids, and testing websites on Android browsers. My preferred phone is my iPhone 15 pro.

E: I also have a pixel 6a

Samsung Internet is a really good browser though, definitely my favorite on Android