I personally use Firefox still; and keep a fresh copy in a (Pixel only feature) Private Space (Basically an implementation of Android alternate user profile) as well. It works and accepts any privacy addons I throw at it.

Currently using:

• uBlock Origin
• Chameleon
• Privacy Badger^1^
• LocalCDN
• Decentraleyes^1^
• CanvasBlocker^1^

^1^ - May duplicate functions of other plug-ins; but provide additional protection layers and cover for the limitations of other addon(s)...

Being worried about addons adding to your fingerprint is something that I quite honestly find is not a significant issue usually...unless you're explicitly doing something truly spooky if found out...then you should use Tor Browser ONLY.

Firefox. They're still great, people keep freaking out over extremely benign changes.

Firefox with Ublock Origin and NextDNS

I use IronFox and have no qualms. Vandium on graphene is also popular. Buy apart from that I can't offer up much more

firefox/fennec with ublock origin

Librewolf on PC, or Tor, if you want to go full on; And Ironfox on Android. Use LibRedirect as a search provider and if you use Searxing, it will rotate all your searches to different instances every time.

Firefox or Waterfox if you're freaking out about Firefox.

I've been running IronFox for a while and it's been solid.

I've been using Fennec and it works 99% of the times and on the rare occasion I need Chromium based browser I use Brave. I don't have any issues with either.

Graphene os + vanadium

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium

Cromite+Fennec

I'm on IronFox on a cheap ~200$ Motorola phone and had no issues, runs like the old Mull used to

According to the tests I've run, IronFox, Brave, and Tor Browser are the only options (in my opinion).

Cromite also works, as does Vanadium, but they're... basic, and the fingerprinting resistance could be better.

Also on IronFox and it's solid.

If you already use Brave on desktop then that works fine too and syncs your data. Not a huge fan of the crypto/AI stuff in the browser, but the security/privacy aspect of the browser is good.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/

I use Cromite. It's a more hardened fork of Bromite. Which itself is a hardened fork of Chromium.

The only thing I've found so far is that it likes to block the discussion threads on some websites. But other than that I've had no issues whatsoever.

I use 3 browsers on my android devices. All 3 on all of them. That's Firefox as the primary, and then Firefox Focus, and Firefox Nightly.

In the primary Firefox browser, I use uBlock Origin.

I have no lag - so why you talk about "all foxes" here, I don't really know. Maybe you do know that Google, Like MS, Apple and others, always try to make it harder to use anything else, than their solution?

I use Firefox Focus/Klar as my default and if I want anything to persist, I'll open it in Brave or Chromium.

Unpopular opinion: Quetta + uBlock Origin + NextDNS works really well. The interface is very configurable and clean. Good translator, background playback, extensions, DoH...

Currently on mobile I run DDG for primary uses, and Tor browser occasionally when I want extra privacy, but it is too slow to use for everything. DDG is fine IMO. It's simple and I like the default "always incognito" approach it has. I have no issues using their search.

I would be interested in migrating to some libre-like version of firefox, but haven't figured out what that would be yet from the options that are out there. I don't want to use any chromium descended browser anymore, so stuff like Brave is out.

Edit: I'm now trying out Fennec for my daily driver

i run cromite, it works quite well, has built in ad and track blocking and is quite fast

• Tor browser for anonymous/private regular browsing (without logging into personally-identifiable accounts)
• Vanadium (GrapheneOS' Chromium-based browser, maybe it's usable on non-GrapheneOS as well?) in combination with a good crap-blocking DNS server
• Brave is decent but has some bad default settings, can probably be configured to behave well (similar to regular Firefox)
• Firefox + forks are generally not that great (at least on Android?) because their sandboxing capabilities (and maybe other security features) are weaker compared to those of Chromium-based browsers. See also: https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing
• Proprietary browsers like Chrome, Edge, Opera, and so on all contain loads of on-by-default-spyware and should never be used

Fennec

I find VIvaldi to be the most functional and its also my preferred desktop browser, It's like brave but without the crypto non-sense, and much more focused on what users want rather than what will make them advertising money.

Vanadium along with Kagi Search engine and NextDNS is god tier

Vivaldi, sync ee2e with the desktop version.

I'm spread out across Waterfox, Ironfox, Brave and Vivaldi.

For FF forks, don't neglect extensions like JShelter. They make a difference as well.

Glad to hear Brave isn't awful. I haven't tried it as I'm trying to avoid Chrome entirely for now.

I've been using IceRaven/Mull on a very old (out of support) LG phone, and I'm not sure I entirely understand the "pauses" thing? I don't see meaningful pauses when I switch tabs, other than the page reloading if it was purged from RAM. But like. That happens in Safari on iOS on a brand new phone, too, so it's not entirely an Android-specific complaint.

Honestly, all mobile browsers are UI train-wrecks of one kind or another. For me it was this exact process of elimination to decide which I like least, and then from there deciding which inflict the fewest paper cuts. For me, FF sync (settings mostly, but also tab sets) was more important than whatever memory problems Mozilla rebrands might have. :(

I've been on Waterfox for years and see no reason worth changing for.

I've been using DuckDuckGo's browser, it's pretty alright.

It sounds like you've come to the correct conclusion that no browser is best. I use Brave.