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  • Great job on this release! I've been waiting for something like it since my favorite browser, Kiwi, stopped getting updates.

    Without updates, many sites will likely stop working with it soon.

    Kiwi had some great features, like disabling AMP mode, rearranging the Chrome Store for mobile, and customizable tab layouts, etc. These features might interest others as well.

    by superasn
  • I tried installing uBlock Origin but the web store says I have to sign in and enable sync to download it. I didn't want to do that so I tried unpacking the extension .zip from GitHub and loading unpacked, but then the app just crashed.

    Is extension support only meant to work with a Google account signed in or am I missing something?

    EDIT: I tried loading the store page in desktop mode but I can't install the non-Lite uBlock Origin, I guess because this Chromium version doesn't support Manifest V2 anymore. I'm still on Kiwi Browser which supports MV2.

    by doright
  • Fascinating, I use Firefox because on Android I can use extensions (for this https://plzat.me). This is a great alternative.

    Edit: hard to find where to get this browser. Do I need to build it myself?

    by xrd
  • Excellent, please make sure you push for financial support in your project.

    Kiwi was a great browser but has since shutdown. Android needs something like Kiwi that also has a steady income to support itself in future.

    by CommanderData
  • This is really great work, but can you comment on whether or not any Google-based "safebrowsing", etc is still enabled in the code base?

    Have you thought about merging your efforts with ungoogled-chromium (Android)?

    There USED to be an ungoogled-chromium for Android (circa v88 chrome, the APK is still available for download) that also allowed extentions.

    by vrinsd
  • Ah thought I saw a Helium browser mentioned recently on HN[0] and thought this was the same thing. So this is not the same as this Helium browser [1]?

    [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45366867

    [1]: https://helium.computer/

    by sphars
  • For people looking for a more vanilla experience I'm publishing Google's official extension supporting Chromium builds for Android here https://github.com/andrewginns/chromium-browser-snapshots-An...

    Combined Obtainium it's easy to keep it updated. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

    by reckless
  • Do you have any plans to push it to F-Droid?

    That would raise the value of that project quite a lot (at least for me, but I feel like there are others, thinking similarly).

    Please, push it to F-Droid!

    by imcritic

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