If you've been looking for an alternative to the Chrome browser that 'mysteriously' began to absolutely not let you use your Chromebook in any 'persistent' mode unless the Chrome browser is logged into your google account, I have a work-around that doesn't involve the bent version of firefox-esr available for 'their' Linux, when you enable Linux, or the utterly shit-tastic version of Firefox for 'Android', if you enable that. (Not that it's completely shit-tastic on a phone, because you can at least install plugins and view youtube videos without giving away half of your data cap to ads.)
Gnome Web (formerly 'Epiphany') is also available. You can install it by enabling Linux (if available on your Chromebook) and pulling up the Linux 'Terminal', then typing in...
sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser For Firefox, it's...
sudo apt-get install firefox-esr And as mentioned, you could also use 'Firefox for Android', if you enable Android (Google Play) on your Chromebook, just by searching for it in Google Play.
There really isn't much to say about Gnome Web. It browses web pages. It's maybe a little bit too simple. No plugins, but there is ad-blocking and tracker blocking built in. I believe it was originally put together for 'Raspberry pi' and similar SBCs. Be sure to configure it to use 'duckduckgo' by default, by deleting the other search engines from its list, and review the other preferences.
It's not perfect, but it seems to work, and NOT call home to Google with your logged-in account credentials, with every web site you visit that links back to Google bits and pieces, somehow. Like reddit.
It's a bit more responsive in general than Firefox-LTE, though I see some glitchy video (well gif-video-wannabe) playback on reddit. Your mileage may vary, etc.
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