I use firefox on mobile for exactly this reason, which is funny, as I use chrome on the desktop. It used to be that Google Now obeyed your browser choice when

I use firefox on mobile for exactly this reason, which is funny, as I use chrome on the desktop. It used to be that Google Now obeyed your browser choice when opening links. When it started forcing chrome, I had to actually uninstall chrome in order to make it use firefox to open the news article tiles it presents to me.