currently, the only way to get origin on android is to upgrade from the regular app.
however, even with origin enabled, the bloat features are still compiled into the app, increasing the size and attack surface.
will a separate android version where those features are never compiled into the app be available?
According to the graph release, the anwser is no.
https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/38561489788173-What-is-Brave-Origin
This would be very nice!
There really needs to be a separately compiled android app. I’d even side load it if they make that happen.
I will verify whether or not we plan on having a standalone build for Android. However, to OPs original statement:
This is not entirely true. When you upgrade to Origin and disable each feature, they are removed from the UI no longer be included in any background processes or code updates. So any disabled components don’t run and nor are they update. They are essentially using Group Policy to remove the feature from the browser.