I wouldn't trust a google phone telling you that a competitors browser is problematic
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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That is a good point, but if it's not Firefox like my pixel is telling me, then what else could it be on a brand new phone? (I know you can't answer this)
It is probably all the google telemetry and monitoring and wifi scanning to map your location for sale that is running in the background. I plan on getting a pixel 7a soon but will immediately wipe the google junk and load grapheneos. Apart from getting rid of all the spyware this also doubles the battery run times.
Was thinking about doing this also but not sure if its worth it as im already using lineage
If you value the extra privacy and security, then it's absolutely worth it.
Yes but I dont have a pixel and I use mostly foss apps on my phone. The few nonfree apps are in a shelter sandbox (not sure how comparable this is to graphene's sandboxing).
But does Google pay and banking apps work ?
Banking, most likely (depending on the bank).
Google Pay/Wallet/whatever-it's-called-today, no.
Yeah I used to use lineage on OnePlus 5 I think. But safety net wouldn't allow my bank to work and obviously broke pay.
Unfortunately that's a deal breaker. Until there's another system to pay. Miband, ring , fingerprint whatever.
I need to keep Google for those things. I haven't used cash since 2018
Maybe Google does not, but I sometimes see Firefox Beta as the top process in FKM using a custom ROM rooted.
I love Firefox, I like that as it is not a system app it is easier to keep the data with tools like Swiftbackup along with multiple ROMs, taking my cookies logins etc saves lots of time, but it doesn't feel snappier than Chrome for me (I used Chrome with AdAway) hopefully things change in the future.
Honestly check the time on active/background. My power usage shows 6 minutes active and 24 minutes background right now and I know I have been using Firefox actively for more than 6 minutes.
That said, when I have had Firefox draining in the background it has usually been due to a website misbehaving. Reddit, for example, would drain a lot of power if I left a tab open. I imagine it has to do with trying to sync messages or something.
Been up since 8 and Firefox is currently using 24%. 2 hours and it's smashing battery.
Not sure if this is new after they upgraded to Android 14
Personally... I wouldn't switch to something chrome based but you could take a look at bromite or ungoogled.
I doubt FF forks are going to solve the problem.
What's it doing all day? Does closing tabs make any difference?
I have it set to close tabs after one day, so I'm not sure if it could be this. I don't generally have the same tabs open everyday.
Vanadium or cromite. Really no point in adding Firefox on top of chrome's webview.
I use Firefox on desktop, and it's nice having history in one browser and swapping a tab from mobile to desktop
Can't figure out how to install vanadium. Any suggestions on where to start?
You can't unless you switch to GrapheneOS
Thanks!
Isn't bromite dead? The last commit was on jan 27. Cromite is a fork that is on the latest version of chromium.
Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.
Cromite is the new fork
What addons in use? Is "Studies" on?
Studies are off and only ublock origin
Vivaldi time.
Tell me more!
Cross platform browser led by one of the devs from Opera. Begun after Opera was bought by current operator. Feature rich, privacy focused. Responsive Dev team. Worth a look for sure.
DuckDuckGo seems decent.