I'm working on cleaning out and resetting my phone. Can I simply use the Samsung browser (and Aurora Store) to avoid logging in to Google at all? (I don't need email on my phone)
Just wondering if there's some unforeseen problem or risk with doing that.
I'm using my "backup" phone (same model, from eBay) to save some of my data and settings before I factory reset my phone to clear out the 15G of "other." I'd like to try avoiding Google products.
Trying Samsung browser on the backup phone, and next to no pages will load. Just white page. Tried mstdn.social. Some news pages will load. Pieces of some pages will load, like the Reddit banner for example.
Obviously it can't be "clear your cache" as it's a new device. Enabled java & cookies.
I am posting fron the "backup" phone, not signed in to Google, but now using Chrome as Samsung wouldn't show any websites.
I wanted to avoid Google products entirely including Chrome but maybe "not signed in" is at least a little better?🤷🏻♀️
@_L1vY_ Install the duckduckgo browser. I have it on all my phones.
As a bonus, turn on the feature to block (most) application tracking.
Application tracking seems to have problems if you flip between wifi and cell data the odd time, in which case turn it off and then turn it back on (the usual fix).
Oh good, now we get to find out if Google Play works when you are not signed in to Google!
@NilaJones
I just tried using Google Play on the not-signed-in phone, and there is no skip option. It requires a sign-in to get in.
Backing up and trying a different route to get Vivaldi!
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