In the past I had recommended the Slimjet browser as a good alternative to Google Chrome. It has some nifty features. However, an unexpected “feature” recently appeared: It censors some websites. I was testing how Slimjet worked under certain conditions this week it reliably blocked a collection of websites that other browsers did not.
Any website that represents the Russian point of view versus Ukraine will be blocked. For example, I visited RT.com. The site’s front page loaded, but none of the articles would. I used other browsers and the site operated just fine during the same time frame, but Slimjet acted like the site was not responding. My Net meter indicated it was not sending the page request in the first place.
I can no longer recommend Slimjet because of their obvious political bias in selectively blocking the user from visiting some websites.
If you really like Chrome’s rending engine, I recommend you switch from Slimjet to Vivaldi. If you aren’t that much in love with Blink, I can highly recommend Palemoon. Both of them are different enough that it may take some time and a little effort to get used to the differences in how they operate, and the various setup options in particular.
I keep intending to switch from Chrome, but never do. Maybe it’s time I look into it.