Ask HN: Alternative to Google Chrome for web developers on macOS?

2 pointsby rkh20186 anni fa6 comments

Hi,

I use Google Chrome mainly because I need it for my job (web development) and therefore almost all of the time.

I keep fighting against all the google servics, trying to keep them as muted and blocked as possible. One annoying thing is that I always have to update rules in Little Snitch after every minor chrome update.

I tried to install Chromium directly from the Chromium project website (precompiled installers) [1] just to find out that at the very first execution it tries to connect to Google...

Then I tried out Brave, but it also is full of Google's stuff.

Does anyone have a usefull alternative for web developers? I need to develop on the chromium browser engine but without all the - from my perspective - unecessary google services baked in (I don't use google services at all).

[1] https://chromium.woolyss.com/download/#mac

Thanks and have a nice sunday.

4 comments

jikoo6 anni fa

Use the Ungoogled version from https://chromium.woolyss.com/ or https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/

rkh20186 anni fa

Thanks. I will try this out.

brudgers6 anni fa

the very first execution it tries to connect to Google

Just don't connect when it tries. In my experience it does not try again until you make a new profile. Then you have to tell it "no" again.

speedgoose6 anni fa

There is Vivaldi, but I haven't checked whether they removed most google services.

rkh20186 anni fa

I haven't tried it jet but it seems like vivaldi still integrates google services?

See https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/47101/google-services-apk

Nextgrid6 anni fa

Any reason you can't use Firefox?