Draft:Aloha (web browser)
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{{Short description|Browser}}
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Aloha is a privacy focused web browser{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Aloha Browser Update Promises End to Endless Cookie Prompts |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/04/aloha-browser-end-cookie-prompts/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=MacRumors |language=en}} developed by owner Andrew Frost Moroz and team based in Cyprus.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=Why I chose Cyprus to base my privacy-first internet browser |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/25/why-i-chose-cyprus-to-base-my-privacy-first-internet-browser/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=cyprus-mail.com |language=en}}
History
Browser development was started in 2015. Browser comes with a built-in VPN, encrypts data, integrated VR player, file manager, crash reporter.{{Cite web |author1=Desire Athow |date=2023-07-26 |title=Aloha browser review |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/aloha-browser |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}
One of the feature is Cookie Consent Management. It allows to set your cookie preferences in the browser’s settings so it can respond to cookie requests automatically.{{Cite web |author1=Hamish Hector |date=2024-12-05 |title=Hate cookie prompts? This browser has promised to remove them from our lives, and it might convince me to ditch Chrome |url=https://www.techradar.com/tech/hate-cookie-prompts-this-browser-has-promised-to-remove-them-from-our-lives-and-it-might-convince-me-to-ditch-chrome |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=Aloha Browser want to eliminate annoying cookie banners while protecting privacy |url=https://tech.eu/2024/09/04/aloha-browser-want-to-eliminate-annoying-cookie-banners-while-protecting-privacy/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Tech.eu |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/hate-cookie-prompts-this-browser-has-promised-to-remove-them-from-our-lives-and-it-might-convince-me-to-ditch-chrome/ar-AA1vkmaJ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.msn.com}} The company presented its new approach to cookie management at the W3C's TPAC 2024 conference, where it reportedly received industry support.
Aloha has 10 million monthly average users and earns money through paid subscriptions, rather than selling ads by tracking users. While DuckDuckGo and Opera are offered in Apple's list opens new tab in all 27 countries, Aloha is in 26 countries, Ecosia is in 13 and Vivaldi in 8.{{Cite web |last=Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee |date=2024-12-12 |title=Exclusive: EU's new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market share |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/eus-new-tech-laws-are-working-small-browsers-gain-market-share-2024-04-10/ |access-date= |website=Reuters}}