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You don't think people are naturally choosing "Samsung Internet" as their favorite browser?



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. :-)


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.


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


Because mobile Firefox exists?


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


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.


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


Could be work phone / personal phone




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