What is Reddit's opinion of Aloha Browser?

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Funny thing you're actually bring them up, I left a critical review trying to inform less tech savvy people about this browser recently but it never showed up in the AppStore review section for some reason.

Where to start, the good points - EasyList Adblock Plus actually loads when toggling it on as promoted and it’s one of few apps within iOS that allows downloading of files and videos.

The bad - main page promotes not privacy friendly shortcuts for pro profit companies with sponsored advertisements, uses third party marketing analytics SDKs - Amplitude, AppsFlyer, Branch and Taboola.

You can verify the tracking in the link below on their Android version which has similar tracking SDKs

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/29655/

From Aloha Browser website

“Participation in the UX improvement program is voluntary. You can enable this option via the Settings menu.”

BS “Diagnostic data” is on by default so it’s actually opt out. Take a look at their privacy policy which has a lot of ambiguity and very contradictory.

https://alohabrowser.com/policy.html

On iOS take a look at SnowHaze browser (ETA by end year for Android)

On Android and iOS check out Firefox Focus, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, and Brave Browser which some recommendation.

The Aloha browser is one of the smaller players in the browser field. There's not a lot of news surrounding it.

It's probably safe. There hasn't been a major report of the browser doing anything nefarious, like with how the Brave browser had the DNS leak when on the Onion network.

That said, I would not trust it 100% when it comes to privacy just because they're very small and not a lot is known about them. They say on their privacy policy that they do not collect any personal information but I would still be very wary.

I use a Web browser called Aloha Browser. It allows you to:

• Lock the app with a password
• Download and store videos from nearly any site within the app
• A comprehensive video player with easy volume, seeking and brightness controls
• VR support
• Browse with an Ad Blocker.

I prefer this to browsing for porn using an Incognito mode as I can actually take advantage of the better features some porn sites offer. I can log into an account, save favourites, and build a profile with the site's recommendations.

I usually download a bunch of videos that look appealing and sort them into different folders within the app according to kink/category and keep only the ones I really enjoy, usually never going over 1 gb.

When I know I want to masturbate, I'll usually go to whichever category suits my mood. No internet required (a big bonus), headphones in, and either watch something long, go through a bunch of short ones, or skip to a favourite scene.

In case of emergency, delete the app and everything is gone.

VR places the user inside an experience. Instead of viewing a screen in front of them, users are immersed and able to interact with 3D worlds.

However you can always play VR in regular player, but it won’t give you the same feeling without the console.

VR video may have many types - stereo/mono(3D/2D), 180/270/360 Degree. If it stereo it has addition types for frame packing - top-bottom, left-right. It also has different type transformation: fisheye, cylinder, sphere e.t.c A lot of VR videos don’t include metadata in their system, so most players don’t recognize it, therefore you need to implement it manually.

IMHO for mobile works best with Aloha browser https://alohabrowser.com/ It allows you to download and play VR video. For PC try to http://deovr.com/