Observed arrival · 2026-10-27
Plain Browser keeps Chromium’s privacy tradeoffs visible
An early Windows Chromium fork that removes Google services, bundles ad and tracker blocking, and keeps Manifest V2 extensions working.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Windows users who want Chromium without Google services
- Worth noticing
- The project reports a 100-second first-start test with no browser-originated network requests; Windows proxy auto-detection remained.
Field notes
The page lays out a build chain from Chromium through ungoogled-chromium to the project’s Windows build scripts and patches. It says the blocker is tested headlessly against four ad hosts and that disabling the blocker lets requests through. Link-parameter cleanup and canvas, audio, and WebGL fingerprint changes are explicitly marked as not yet shipped, helping distinguish the current alpha from the planned feature set.
Observed signals
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central
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