Frustration: I’m once again fighting with Android. This time not low-level with locked bootloaders, missing root access and non-deletable "System Apps", but high level; as basic as it can get: The web browser.
I tried Firefox, Opera and even downloaded Chrome (Pfui! Bah!) for some minutes. The result: All browsers start with an extremely bloated page containing ads and “news”. Latest Firefox only supports a handful of add-ons and I could not find any add-on support in Opera and Chrome (Why??).
It seems to me that the browsers offer less and less options for turning off annoying “features” I don’t want. Even adding and removing(!) search engines is a hassle. Firefox was the one that won last year when I set up a browser for my mum on the phone. Firefox won since there is always about:config, right? No. Not anymore! Latest Firefox for Android doesn’t allow that (only nightly/dev versions).
I do not want to go further into detail what options were missing, but all browsers are unbearable.
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Long story short: Is there any browser for Android devices without BS but with a lot of customization possibilities and add-on support? I would be grateful for any constructive ideas.
Bonus question: Does anybody know why the mobile versions of major browsers differ so much when compared to the desktop counterparts and why they seem like butchered ports lacking so much functionality?
Edit:
Also tried Vivaldi → Same problems.
I tried Firefox, Opera and even downloaded Chrome (Pfui! Bah!) for some minutes. The result: All browsers start with an extremely bloated page containing ads and “news”. Latest Firefox only supports a handful of add-ons and I could not find any add-on support in Opera and Chrome (Why??).
It seems to me that the browsers offer less and less options for turning off annoying “features” I don’t want. Even adding and removing(!) search engines is a hassle. Firefox was the one that won last year when I set up a browser for my mum on the phone. Firefox won since there is always about:config, right? No. Not anymore! Latest Firefox for Android doesn’t allow that (only nightly/dev versions).
I do not want to go further into detail what options were missing, but all browsers are unbearable.
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Long story short: Is there any browser for Android devices without BS but with a lot of customization possibilities and add-on support? I would be grateful for any constructive ideas.
Bonus question: Does anybody know why the mobile versions of major browsers differ so much when compared to the desktop counterparts and why they seem like butchered ports lacking so much functionality?
Edit:
Also tried Vivaldi → Same problems.