Chrome - New Tab Page Extension
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May 31, 2026
Fair question. They haven’t said explicitly they want to move off Google Search, but I already moved them to Brave (minus the crypto crap) on their Android phone and tablet with DuckDuckGo configured as their default search engine. I did that a year or two ago with no issues.
The issue on a Chromebook is the Android versions of Brave, Firefox, etc. usually perform worse than the built in Chrome browser. Additionally, most Android apps are not configured to work well with a trackpad/mouse.
Plus, I would prefer not to enable the Google Play Store on their Chromebook due to the questionable security from Google when it comes to malicious apps missing detection.
Ideally, I could keep them on Chrome (w/uBOL) on their Chromebook, just with a New Tab Page extension.
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