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iOS 14: How to Set Google Chrome as the Default Browser on iPhone and iPad
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Try double-clicking the empty space there in Safari’s tab bar. I know it’s not one click.
If you actually want privacy, then get the Tor browser
It’s more that people don’t explain them.
Syncing bookmarks is easy - install iCloud for Windows and sync to Chrome.
Syncing tabs automatically is difficult, but perhaps Apple will add it to iCloud for Windows.
But you can use a save all tabs extension in Chrome to save them to a bookmarks folder and then they will be available in Safari. Possibly you can find an automatic extension to do that. You can manually do the same in Safari to go the other way.
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hmm interesting, does that sync allso go the other way (ie from windows to the mobile device?
It does. I use this set up to keep my bookmarks with Firefox and Safari synced. I have a Linux computer also that has Firefox (I use Firefox as my main, but like to make sure Safari has the same bookmarks).
So all of my devices has the same bookmarks no matter what. I can add a bookmark to Firefox on my Linux computer, the Firefox account syncs so now Firefox my Windows and Mac computer also this added bookmark. Then because iCloud is on Windows, Firefox and Safari syncs.
I hope this makes sense.
Sets browser to Chrome, Maps to Google Maps, email to Gmail then says “I have an iPhone because it protects my privacy.... No that’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works 🤦♂️
TBF...Apple ads seem to imply that. Their ads literally says you are safe with an iphone. I don't blame the average joe for the confusion.
To be fair, WHEN (or if) bookmark sync works. Their extensions are pretty poorly written.
It seems ok right now, in recent weeks since I started using it again. But I know in the past I was getting duplicate bookmarks and just trashed it; the sync was hot garbage
And I highly doubt tab sync, that is reserved for their platform only. The Chrome icloud bookmarks extension was last updated November 2017- and if you read the reviews, hundreds of people cant get it to work or have huge bugs. They dont care about PC users.
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I don't trust either of them (particularly when it comes to protecting personal privacy!) and use SRWare Iron browser on all of my devices.
The only browsers allowed are Webkit-based browsers like Chrome and Safari. So not likely.
AFAIK Firefox will get this capability once iOS 14 releases and they push the update to the store. I’m waiting on it too
awesome thanks for confirming this. I’d rather use Firefox as an alternative and I pray they’ll be around long long from now yet recent layoffs have me concerned
I may share links to YouTube videos (opened up in Private mod of Safari on ios), but I only watch on my ATv4 at home with no location being shared. No camera or voice (the latter without my explicit intent and temporarily only using Siri remote mic).
no smart tv at home either and I hope when I need a 4K upgrade I can find another NON-SmartTV for my apartment later this year. Maybe some hack can be done on smartTvs to only allow rudimentary functions to remain: input changes, colour/tint/brightness/white balance, volume, power and standby and finally auto shut off.
grew up with TV, UHF/Cable, then into flat screen CRT TV, with VHS/LaserDisc, then N64/GameCube/PS1/2/3/“ the PS3 or ATv made my TV smart enough.
Good points. Seems like you’ll be moving towards windows with Android support down the road, potentially based on just a few use case you’ve mentioned above.
move always been able to pass Captcha on MacOS since High Sierra on Safari and since iOS 7. Not sure how it’s not working for you.
That's a weird question to ask. You do know that Chrome is the most popular web browser by far, right? And Android is the most popular mobile OS (by far). With that in mind, it's people who use non Google products that have to answer why they are the weird ones.
Ditto for DuckDuckGo's privacy protection. On my Nokia smart phones I use FireFox as my browser and switched advertising tracking to Chrome. I mislead Google from time to time with voice comands on topics of no interest to myself, like, "Hey Google, find me information on holidays in China." I would like to have Safari on the Nokias. I use the Microsoft Outlook App for my ISP e-mail accounts. Careful with SMS\MMS to / from Apple devices / Nokias and utilise Resilio Sync for more sensitive files. Android 10 is good as an operating system [OS] however it lacks the intuitive user interface of iOS and knowing that Google (my Government, other Governments and other nefarious entities) are always using it to data mine concerns me. I feel safer though knowing that my VPN service always remains active with Android, unless I switch it off, unlike in iOS how it continually disconnects due the the closed OS. Android and Android based smart phones are not evil - they are just following the programming ethos of the organisation's creators. Nokia, Nokia / HMD Global and Microsoft / Nokia (to varying degrees) have always made an aesthetically, sturdy with some leading components, camera technology for example, mobile phones and smart phones. I am interested to see the outcome of Nokia / HMD Global's recent acquisition of a Finnish research company to become their primary security laboratory. Even though this division is based in Finland, I am still pessimistic whilst Android remains as their OS.
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