Not really a review more just a recommendation for those who might be interested.
Developed by the wonderful folks at Kagi Search! On IOS and Mac the app is designed off WebKit. And offers built in ad block and pretty strong telemetry block.
It also works with certain Chrome extensions.
I’ve been using it primarily on IOS. My only two gripes is the cookie clear on close doesn’t work and the logo really is just another butthole.
Certain sites freak out but I don’t want to lower the settings so it’s a compromise im ok with it.
If your on IOS might be worth checking out !
Haven’t tried the Linux version but I’m going to soon.
YSK, it’s not open source. It’s not even source available for that matter. They’ve promised to go open source for a while now, but not much progress has been made.
The text on this FAQ has been the same since 2022!
Privacy and open source are two separate things.
Sure, but closed source means that you are accepting a corporate “pinky promise” instead of a claim that can actually be independently verified.
Corporate and closed source are two separate things.
Are you suggesting this browser made by the Kagi corporation isn’t a corporate product?
Not at all. Of course it is.
Just pointing out there are many non-corporate closed source products.
Thanks for the contribution.
What contribution? I didn’t see any.
Privacy requires software to be open source, or at least source available. Open source does not require privacy.
Heavily linked things, however.
True but Firefox is open source and they dump a ton of ai garbage in their stuff now. And while it being open source has allowed for Librewolf it’s not in itself a magic bullet
Open source is not a magic bullet but it’s a baseline requirement for trust.
no thanks.
Great to have browser that’s not using Chromium, I like having another WebKit browser in the wild that’s not Safari.
+1. Orion is fantastic on OSX/iOS.
…It’s not ready for Linux, though. You can try it as an oddity, but give it more time in the oven.
Apparently it’s in alpha ? I’d like to try it though !
In beta, available as a Flatpak.
Seemed janky for me, but I only tried it for a few minutes.
I tried it years ago, it looks more mature now but I’m so used to Safaris “Hide distractions” feature that I’m missing it dearly after less than an hr of trying it out :(
uBlock Origin and uBlock Origin Lite (both browser extensions) have a similar feature :)
I’m not a fan, I have it installed but to me it’s not enough better than FF or Safari to use daily.
Has anyone been able to get uBO to work on their IOS app? I installed it but it doesn’t seem to really do anything.
