I've been thinking of switching over to Voyager, but I heard that Voyager was built on elements from Chrome. As a layman what does this mean? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Tangent5280@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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Is using Voyager giving Chrome an opportunity to harvest user data? I'll take whatever you know about the Voyager dependence on chrome.

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

It's a webapp. If you're uncomfortable with Chrome, run it with Firefox.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ok I think I understand. You just go to vger.app whenever you want to use Voyager then.

[-] rockstarpirate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes but also your phone gives you the ability to “install” a web app as if it was a normal app. Go into the voyager settings and follow the instructions to do this. Basically what your phone is doing is saving a bookmark to the web app with an icon, but when it runs, it has the feel of an app instead of a website because it doesn’t open up the full browser with the url bar and all that other browsery stuff.