I was just daydreaming about this very thing. It seems to me, that a simpler implementation that only displays static html/css pages (no javascript) and is primarily used to distribute news in a way that cannot be government censored could be a really useful app.
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Beaker browser seems to be very good alternative. Unfortunately it is not being maintained any more.. hope it gets picked up and developed further!
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