As the title states, either these browsers are nothing but full of trackers and ads or they are so locked down that they are basically not functional. Why can’t I find a browser that is just a freaking browser but with no BS???
As the title states, either these browsers are nothing but full of trackers and ads or they are so locked down that they are basically not functional. Why can’t I find a browser that is just a freaking browser but with no BS???
The BS (trackers etc.) are on the web sites and you get them automatically unless your browser either actively filters them out, or implements an incomplete enough part of present-day web protocols that they don’t receive the trackers (e.g. by not supporting Javascript).
Unfortunately, filtering trackers is a never-ending arms race, while using a browser for the “historical web” makes a lot of present-day sites inaccessible.
I.e. the problem is the web itself, not the browser, for the most part.
I use Firefox but have fairly aggressive umatrix origin (ad blocker) settings, if that helps.