Unfortunately Firefox doesn’t have a replacement for the “Android System WebView” component, so any app that embeds a browser component (and oh boy is that a lot of them) will still be using Chrome.
It should be possible to have a shim that allows Mozilla’s “GeckoView” component to implement the API, but - per that ticket, at least - most Android ROMs won’t allow alternatives to the Google one.
The Firefox browser is genuinely great, but it’s so far from possible to replace Chrome with it everywhere a browser is used.
All of my web interaction at this point happens through my Android phone, Google has me by the balls anyway.
There is Firefox for Android. You’re still on Android, but you can have some control left.
Unfortunately Firefox doesn’t have a replacement for the “Android System WebView” component, so any app that embeds a browser component (and oh boy is that a lot of them) will still be using Chrome.
There’s a relevant ticket here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckoview/issues/167
It should be possible to have a shim that allows Mozilla’s “GeckoView” component to implement the API, but - per that ticket, at least - most Android ROMs won’t allow alternatives to the Google one.
The Firefox browser is genuinely great, but it’s so far from possible to replace Chrome with it everywhere a browser is used.
Maybe I’m dumb but I have had no issues using Firefox on android.
A lot of those apps allow you to open links in an external browser instead, but yes, that is a problem
You can’t uninstall Chrome most likely, but maybe your stock/rom will allow you to “disable” it.
Good idea. Let me disable it and see what breaks! ( i have firefox and inbrowser installed on lineageos )
Also Firefox Focus, which forgets your browsing history when you close it or hit the trashcan button.
Fennec is the Android version of Firefox.
In the future it will be Fenix
GrapheneOS? Are you on a Pixel?
Lineageos+microg is a useable de-googled android. I’m using it now without any google services.