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Navi has a built-in download manager, it is not a standalone download manager. I use Navi as a light web browser for websites in case I never a browser on phone.

I do not compile IceCat, it’s available in different repositories.

I am using Graphene abd I disabled Vanadium due to it being Chromium essentially. I use Navi or Download Navi from F-Droid. It does not have as much web functionality as Vanadium, but I don’t use phone for websites, I read websites on computer or laptop, but occassionally something might need a browser momentarily so that’s what Navi for.

If you want a web browser for privacy, I would suggest use F-Droid and in Settings under Anti-features, turn off every option in there, do a search for browser and see what you think of the options. It’s either cheap development or old. A mobile web browser that protects privacy doesn’t seem to exist with the capabilitied of a Firefox.

I’m a strong believer that there is no such thing as a privacy respecting browser that is closed source. For that reason, I use IceCat on computer.

How did you become a pretentious reject? It’s implied by your grandious idiom.

Corrrct, there’s no assurance with download APK’s from 3rd party websites.

A person could see check if whichever app makes the apk available through their own website or Github, I would trust that, otherwise get everything from F-Droid.

For settng up a new phone, the only choices are to get everything from F-Droid or manually downloading the APK files.

Since you did it via manipulation and intent for deception, you show yourself to be a coward, and pretentious at that. You’re not someone of principal, but rather too weak intellectually to sway someone by percise and thorough explanation.

Aurora Store is safe and clean, there’s no reason to be concerned about using it.

Although the code for it is good, in order to Aurora Store you must have your own individual Google account. The anonymous account has been rate limited because it was ierating as a shared account for all Aurora users, and Google can’t data mine personal info when thousands of people are using one account.

You can install and update all apps that are in the Play Store through Aurora Store, but you must have your own account wirh the password to use Aurora Store.

In my view, I consider Aurora as being dead and gone. It’s over, because I am not willing to create a Google account.

Welefon and Simple Dialer

Self hosting is always te best way to operate any service.

Primarily Brave, on the odd occassion I might have to check Startpage, but Startpge seems to have a suspicious deal with Google, also Startpage requires a verification process if it detects a VPN or Tor.

SearX can be nice, but being an open search platform, the results can be wildly random bases on which instance of SearX you search on.