Posted on 04/26/2025 7:35:05 PM PDT by LouAvul
I'm using Duck Duck Go. Tried to download Google but Microsoft (I'm using Windows 10) popup said I was trying to install an app not approved by MS. They want me to go through their store.
I'll try something else. Brave? Is that FR approved?
Suggestions?
thnx
I’ve been using Brave for years & years - the best I’ve found.
That said, Brave and all Chrome-based browsers limit video quality on X but Edge does allow full quality.
For example, I have to use Google Chrome to fill in the PDF documents for my wife's cremation. Brave would not allow me (or I couldn't figure out what extension I needed) to use e-sign on them.
Search does not report back many images, either.
Never ever had Windows refuse to install a program but telling me to go to their store. I am running W/11 Pro, 23h2. And by the grace of God I have multiple installations of Firefox Portable, as well as Floorp (Gecko=Firefox-based) and one of Midori and 2 of Chromium-based Vivaldi stand-alone and void any browser that cannot not enable multiple tab rows, which all of these can, Floorp and Midori as an option.
bkmk
Thanks for that info...[I checked and my win11 pc is not in S mode...]
I have been using startpage for a long time. Lately, though, they are returning a page of irrelevant sites at the top. When I enter a search the correct list comes up for a fraction of a second but is replaced by that page of irrelevance. I guess I will shift to duckduckgo to see what it does. Neither one goes whole hog selling one’s information. When I used to use google I was inundated with advertising based on my search.
Brave is my browser. I used to use opera but it seems to have loaded up with bells and whistles. Brave in my experience has been a clean efficient no fuss browser.
When you tried to install Chrome are you sure that you were being blocked, or just strongly discouraged with options to proceed with the download?
This is new. An update.
bookmark
I’d believe it. I rarely use Google anymore because of all the ads it displays before they ever get to what I’m actually looking for. That’s why I use Startpage for just about everything anymore. But Yandex is also a great alternative.
+1 for Brave as well. Use it heavily across several devices android and Windows. It also has a “browser fingerprinting” mechanism to keep ads/trackers confused.
Love how it syncs data across the devices although I use Keepass for passwords and things.
Have you gone through this procedure?
“Are you running Windows S mode? This is a locked down version of Windows which will require switching ‘out’ of S mode via the Microsoft App Store.
If not:
You can check whether your pc is set to download apps from outside the MS store.
Settings>Apps>Apps and Features>right at the top of the screen, you’ll see a drop-down menu under Installing apps. There are three choices: Allow apps from anywhere, warn me before installing apps from outside the Store, and Allow apps from the Store only. Choose the option you want (in your case you’ll need allow apps from anywhere or warn me) and close the Settings app. Your changes are saved automatically.”
Brave is great. NO ADS. Websites load fast without ads.
Definitely Brave. Most ads are blocked.
One of the reasons i went with vivaldi is that one of vivaldi’s founders was the guy who developed and owned Opera.
I helped beta test Opera back in the day.
You could run it off of a 1.44 floppy.
Had to pay for Opera for awhile...I bailed after they went chrome and released Opera 15
Do not use Google Chrome.
If using Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, use uBlock Origin extension.
Back up your user data.
DO NOT maintain a website login status <— ALWAYS log out, exit / quit.
Losing your bookmarks, history, passwords, and tabs <— that, is one reason for maintaining daily routine backups.
EXPECT something to go wrong <— that, is a reason for maintaining daily routine backups.
DISABLE location services.
Brave...
Seriously, I couldn't figure out what changed. But that fixed it. thanx
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