I’ve using Brave on all devices too. I am completely away from google
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I loved Chromium until Google removed the Google account sync. It was a big change for users like me, who have been deep in the Google ecosystem since the beginning. I’ve been a Gmail user since year 1 of launch and have used Google’s paid Workspace service for around 10 years for my email (@haydenjames.io accounts) and other tools. They deliver reliability, features and security that I couldn’t match self-hosting, given the time constraints. It’s not impossible, but these days too time-consuming among a slew of other challenges.
I get why some people are wary of tracking. For me personally, it’s not a big deal, mainly because the integration and utility I get from Google services outweigh the concerns. My @gmail.com account manages over 200,000 emails, 3,000 passwords in Chrome, and use many of Google Cloud services regularly. Having everything synced across devices is key for me.
I’ve also tried self-hosting email servers in the past, but it’s not trivial, at least not in the last 5 to 10 years – email deliverability, security and domain reputation are just a few of the challenges. For personal email, self-hosting might be doable, but for business critical communication I prefer Google Workspace. For transactional emails I use Postmark (postmarkapp.com) which has been a reliable alternative to self-hosting a mail-sending server.
As for browsing, I’m nostalgic and loyal to a Google-synced browser because it’s so well integrated with the services I use daily. That said, I get why people like privacy-first browsers like Brave or Cachy. If someone’s priorities are more about minimizing tracking or getting out of big tech ecosystems, those are great options.
If you are looking for an experience more similar to Chromium-based browsers, but with freedom, privacy and performance, try Zen Browser
It’s all about finding the balance that works best for your needs—whether it’s maximum integration within an ecosystem or maximum privacy.
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Thanks for sharing about Zen Browser, I did not know about it, I’m curious to try!
Updates:
I’m using Zen browser for 1 week now and I’m in love with it. Thankyou @hydn for share it with the community.
The best feature, which wink the eye a bit to Arc, the futuristic browser, are workspaces and custom bookmarks for each workspace. I think this is the functionality I was missing, once tried to utilize it I’m not able to rollback to an old-style browser.
Also I love the light colors, they make you feel very comfortable while browsing the web.
Moreover it’s based at the top of Firefox, the development team is following daddy Firefox main releases. that’s so interesting.
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I think zen is kind of cool, but I’m just happy with brave and see no reason to change.
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Some notable Linux-compatible browsers not yet mentioned:
- Midori – Lightweight WebKit-based browser focused on speed and minimal resource usage.
- Falkon – KDE’s browser using the Blink engine, well-integrated into Plasma.
- Pale Moon – A Firefox fork with legacy extension support and performance optimizations.
- GNU IceCat – A privacy-focused, libre version of Firefox.
- qutebrowser – A keyboard-driven browser with vi-like keybindings for minimalistic browsing.
- Lynx and Links – Text-based browsers for terminal users.
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Firefox
Will move to next alternative as soon as possible.
Brave writes too much to disk, I/O slows down…
Epiphany doesn’t support extensions; My Proton Pass extension doesn’t get installed but DuckDuckGo does in the developer preview…
KDE browsers don’t support extensions or proper font rendering
Ungoogled-chromium I’ll try soon…
As well as Librewolf
Obviously not Chrome or M$-EDGE
Edit: Will also try Midori, IceCat or VIvaldi
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Did anyone ever testet Thorium?
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I removed firefox last month during the terms of use drama and started use
ungoogled-chromium it works fine
Thorium need avx2 so I’m unable to use it 
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Why are you unable to use avx2? I don’t get it
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My cpu doesn’t have avx instruction
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Here’s several more noteworthy mentions:
Let’s convert the original post to a Wiki post and combine the many suggestions everyone has included. This way, we can see all the browser options in one place at the top of this discussion thread.
I heard alot about Thorium, it comes out a big scandale last year when Chris Titus Tech starting speaking about it and eloging this browser.
I was using a bit last year, but I think the main problem about using this browser is more vulnerable then other browsers because it’s reciving slower updates.
More over I remember the author on Github (a little more then a teenager) starts removing some NFSW pics he harcoded into browser when CTT start using it.
So yes, I prefer moving on about using Thorium …
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I always have two or three Firefox browsers available: Release, Developer Edition and Nightly.
That doesn’t mean I always use them.
I also have Librewolf and Ungoogled Chromium; I have been using them more frequently recently.
I do have Google Chrome and Chromium installed in a few locations, just in case I need them when one of the other browsers don’t work well on a particular site, though that is rare.
Alternative systems and software; that’s one of my methods of backup.
Flash Drive images is another; cloud storage is a third and extra hardware is the fourth; got it covered.
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