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More reasons for switching to Firefox include the ability to easily set up a self-hosted sync server allowing you to share your browser settings across several

More reasons for switching to Firefox include the ability to easily set up a self-hosted sync server allowing you to share your browser settings across several clients. While Chrome for Android does not support extensions, the mobile Firefox version does allow you to install ad blockers while being able to sync your mobile and desktop clients. AFAIK, Chrome for Android does not support a custom sync server at all. I recently switched from Chromium to Firefox and am running Firefox on my Linux system as a different user than my main account for increased security. The only thing that bothers me is the missing magnification bubble which is used by Chrome for Android if it cannot reliably determine which link I clicked on. If Chrome allowed to block ads on mobile devices and implemented a feature for easily setting up custom sync servers, I would happily switch back for security reasons.

Tharre 9y ago
Can you elaborate on what's currently stopping you from setting up a sync server for chromium?
- magicbyte 9y ago
  Nothing is stopping me from hosting one but being able to use the custom sync server on my Android phone is essential to me. Setting up a sync server easily includes being able to use it easily in a sense of being able to enter its URL somewhere in the settings of the browser. While I did not find any evidence that custom sync servers are supported on Chrome for Android, I have got the impression that the requirement of specifying the sync server URL as a command line argument for Chromium is a deliberate choice in order to decrease the usability of that option. Using a desktop environment, you need to edit the links to your browser application in order to specify a custom sync server. I guess the discussion on https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=181429 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=181429 is what mainly caused my subjective sentiment.

Tharre 9y ago

Can you elaborate on what's currently stopping you from setting up a sync server for chromium?

magicbyte 9y ago
Nothing is stopping me from hosting one but being able to use the custom sync server on my Android phone is essential to me. Setting up a sync server easily includes being able to use it easily in a sense of being able to enter its URL somewhere in the settings of the browser. While I did not find any evidence that custom sync servers are supported on Chrome for Android, I have got the impression that the requirement of specifying the sync server URL as a command line argument for Chromium is a deliberate choice in order to decrease the usability of that option. Using a desktop environment, you need to edit the links to your browser application in order to specify a custom sync server. I guess the discussion on https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=181429 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=181429 is what mainly caused my subjective sentiment.