r/browsers

I love and hate Yandex.Browser, and I need an alternative to it.

Why hate:

• Because a lot of telemetry and data are sent to Yandex and the Russian government

Why love:

• Workspaces - best realisation I saw
• Side panel that could open websites, not only extensions and tools.

What I try to find:

• Chrome based preffered
• Browser with Workspaces and Side panel

What I already tried:

• Chrome - Tabs do not replace workspaces - clutter, Side panel only for Extensions
• Opera - too motley
• Vivaldi - for geeks, looks ugly (CSS hacks can't help and too hard to use). It looked like what I needed before I tried to adjust it for myself. Side panel is unuseful, themes are ugly. Like I returned to Linux and now it's 2016.
• Brave - A lot of ads, all the problems of Chrome
• Zen - Hate vertical tabs
• Dia - yet another GPT instead of a browser
• Safari - unusable if you want to use Extensions (I need them)

Extensions for vanilla Chrome can't make what i need, I need native support.

What else should I try?

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/8/firefox-154-adds-ai-web-search-official-geforce-now-support-and-startpage-in-europe/

Hello people I just have one question... simple one really... Let's say hypothetically Helium goes Arc mode, uhh which chromium browsers would you guys use instead? Oh windows user btw also not really a big fan of firefox clones since they tend to eat a lot of ram... thankss

My laptop struggles a bit and I'm wondering if running two browsers at once is going to make things worse. The idea is one browser for all my logged in accounts like work stuff and social media and a second one for general browsing where I want a bit more privacy. Something like Brave plus Firefox but open to other combos. Main thing I keep wondering is whether Firefox Multi-Account Containers or just separate Chrome profiles would actually use less memory than two full browsers running side by side. Has anyone tested this in practice or does it not really matter that much. Also heard some mixed things about Brave so not totally sold on it. If anyone has a pairing that works well without eating all your RAM on a midrange machine that would be really helpful to know.

Hi! I want to use a new search engine (instead of Google), which one should I use:

Brave

DuckDuckGo

Startpage

I need a fasr, secure, and accurate search engine, which isn't collecting user's data and gives good search results (like Google).

Thanks for advice!

I admit, I use chrome... But in the last time I m exploring solution that offer more privacy ande security.

The best alternative to chrome for Android?

I see people recommending Cromite, Helium, or Titanium, but dismissing Brave for being Chromium based or due to its past controversies. Even though Brave is doing pretty well present-day, its privacy and adblocking are still better or similar out of the box compared to most browsers, while also being fast and relatively light on RAM.

I have an older Lenovo tablet with a laughable 2 gb of ram. I am constantly trying to get the most lightweight apps to do my stuff on. I would love any suggestions on a browser that would work best in this narrow condition