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@ masinik Bromite and Privacy browser are in my experience good and do not need google web view
which is nice as many browsers depend on it.
With the neccesity for gapps play store is contacted every few minutes. I found blocking
play store on a rooted phone gave me a battery life extension of half to one day.
Not exact as not under standardised conditions but noticeable. Google Android web view is part of
gapps.
Transfer the reduced neccesity for charging to millions of phones, google is comprimising energy
efficiency and tracking users while claiming to protect them with a secure store that is anything but
secure. It is also a cash cow just like the rotten fruit emporium.
Milking users and devs for huge profits.
@PPC Netguard git has an adblock functionality which I like as it works like a hosts list,
needs android internal vpn capability but works without a rooted phone.
I bought the netguard Pro features by a direct transfer to the dev, paid 7 euro and can
use on a couple of devices. From same dev Marcel Bokhorst comes Fair Email which is also good.
Phypox angulo and tri angulo are not well known but useful, use phone sensors for experiments,
angular measurements, gyroskope, acceleration and many other and other neat tricks.
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