I'm starting to trust Firefox less and less as time goes on (see: "privacy-preserving ad measurement"). I would absolutely use a Proton Browser. Signed, Proton Unlimited subscriber.

Ungoogled Chromium, Librewolf, Floorp, Waterfox, so many Firefox forks and user configs, even Iceraven for Android... all privacy focused. Why another one? DO NOT WASTE your resources on reinventing the wheel.

Just use Arc :) -> https://arc.net/gift/bd0318de

Seems like the browser space is too saturated. There are a lot of great private browsers. Why waste the time?

I would not pay pay extra for this, and wouldn't be happy if my current proton tier went up because of this.

please, brave is good but not good as tor

So, I would LOVE a Proton Browser as a Member of Proton Unlimited! So, I loved the Idea of the Opera GX Sidebar(with build-in WhatsApp, Discord, usw.) and I think their should be more browser with some sidebar like this. Proton should make a browser with a custom(deactivate or activate features) sidebar, all privacy Features that are possible and their build-in ecosystem. But nothing like a these default browsers like chrome. They should implement features like Opera has. They should just make a full-customizable Browser! I would buy it, when it costs like 5€, even as a Unlimited User.

If Mullvad can make their own browser. Why Proton couldn't?

A Firefox fork, like LibreWolf with uBlock Origin and Proton extensions already baked in can't be that expensive, it could even increase their sales

A Proton Browser would be great to mitigate fingerprinting, because all browsers being identical, same settings, same extensions set, spoofing screen size and behind Proton VPN would be very difficult to be tracked

Proton WEB browser for mac and windows which is blocking all ads like Brave on Youtube.

For me it would be important that the browser would be customizable. It would be nice if it were based on e. g. firefox so that I could use firefoxian extension.

Again, more nonsense about a Proton-branded browser! It's about the last thing that's needed in the Proton ecosystem and would be a ludicrous waste of Proton's not unlimited resourses. Fix all existing apps fully and that includes full parity for Linux with Windows/macOS versions, before even considering further apps.

May sanity prevail, not vox popularis!

Forking, or acquiring, the LibreWolf browser would be a smart move. Most of the work to make it private has already been done (it is considered the most private browser behind Tor Browser).

The only work that would be required would be an overhaul of the UI to make it consistent with the Proton suite of apps and integration of Proton services.

The only thing I would want to see personally is vertical tabs similar to the Arc browser implementation.

To all the naysayers I say, Chromium is open source. Yes, it's provided by Google, but it's still open source. The browser is already built. Proton would only be creating the secure configuration that all the other browsers lie about. If Proton did it, we'd know they'd have our best interests in mind and that would not change over time. And they do not need to do it at the exclusion of their other apps. They can do it as they can do it. We're just asking the put it on the road map. And judging by the support, it's a very popular request. Isn't that exactly what this site is for?

I must confess to finding the amount of support for a Proton browser here quite disturbing, and even more so the level if support in Proton's recent user survey. I can only hope that Proton does not follow this through in any way, shape, or form, i.e., that sanity prevails. Implementing a web browser, whether a fork from extant examples or creating one from scratch, would be the most colossal waste of Proton's not limitless resources if not utter insanity.

Proton needs to consolidate its existing apps, eliminate any bugs and minor issues in them and gradually improve them. That takes considerable resources, both in terms of coding manpower and finance, resources that could and certainly should not be squandered on populist wet dreams such as a Proton browser or search engine.

There are already more than enough alternative, privacy-focused browsers - and for that matter, search engines - around that are all struggling to get a decent slice of the user base pie.

In addition to consolidation, there certainly are considerably more important and suitable apps that Proton could implement to expand the ecosystem.

Call me a cynic, but IMO the popular vote has never resulted in anything sensible in almost any field - 'nuff said!

since there's many high risk "add blocker extension" already available but if its from proton and with Proton browser then Thunderstorm!! 💯🙌🎩

#protonbrowser
#protonaddblocker_extension

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Since Proton Mail is encrypted I personally think that Proton should make a Browser with a built-in Proton VPN, Proton Pass, Adblocker etc (Always on) for Windows, Mac, IPhones, Android etc. That way the users can be safe when searching but also safe from malicious advertising

I wish Proton would make a Privacy browser based on Chromium.

As, I am not a fan of Brave with all their unnecessary bloatware that is included and turned on by default.

It would be awesome to have a browser that prioritize privacy, security and is connected with Proton ecosystem.

It could have features like:

1.) Encrypted stored cookies,

2.) Isolated processes,

3.) Cookies that delete when a website domain is closed similar to brave's "forget me when I close this site",

4.) Encrypt the entire browser when the browser is closed.

5.) ECH (Encrypted Client Hello) for DNS,

6.) Encrypted Local Browsing History,

7.) Encrypted Cache,

8.) Feature similar to Total Cookies Protection by Firefox,

9.)Built in AD, Tracker, and Malware Domain blocker (where Proton has their own Blocklist, but you the user can add your own and add additional Blocklists that are provided like how NextDNS does Blocklists) also with functionality like uBlock Origin but natively built in,

10.) Passkey support,

11.) Security Key Authentication (Yubikey) to open the browser from a closed state of enable,

12.) HTTPS Only Mode,

13.) Permanent Private Browsing Mode,

14.) Extensions on Android,

15.) Sign in with Proton Account to sync Browsing History, Emails, Proton Pass passwords, etc, Also a sync feature similar to Brave if the user doesn't want to sign in with Proton to sync settings,

16.) Native containers like the Firefox Extension,

17.) Browser Profiles,

18.) Site permission page where you can where you disable certain settings (As with Brave if you disable shields on a website, Brave will not let you have a menu to see which sites have what permissions revoked or edited),

19.) Disable WebRTC by default or through an on screen set up page when you first download the browser,

20.) Advanced Fingerprinting protections,

21.) A Secure mode option where it turns off JIT JavaScript and other security settings that can cause exploits similar to lockdown mode for Apple devices,

22.) Cookies deletes on browser close,

23.) A Cookies do not delete list,

That is all I can think about for features. If chrome doesn't already have some of these implemented already in their source code.

...or at least a cleaned up Firefox fork.

Might also be nice if they take inspiration from the arc browser

There is a browser for every need in the market right now. I don't think proton can come up with something unheard of