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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Aged like fine milk

[–] Vaggumon@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

I did that 3 years ago.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I use Firefox, but I do run into a lot of problems with sites not working correctly. Makes me want to switch to Brave occasionally.

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I switched back when I was in college - which is strange because it came out one year after I left. I also remember having to take a class on how to use Google in my first year of college - which gives you a hint how long ago it was.

[–] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I never used chrome

[–] guidothekillerpimp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I wish FF would natively support text replacement in macOS. This shouldn’t need an extension to accomplish a pretty basic thing.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-macos-text-replacement/idi-p/15219

[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think i've only ever used Firefox since i got the internet (2009), but that also makes my reccomendation kinda moot because i haven't used any other browser. How can i say that Firefox is better than Chrome if i've never used Chrome?

Another side effect is that i'm well aware of all the issues Firefox has, since it's all i've ever used, all the browser issues i've had were in Firefox.

[–] Snowman44@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I don't understand what's wrong with tracking me for advertising. If I have to see ads they might as well be something I might be interested in. Google can give more relevant search results. Things cost less. What are the downsides to selling my information to advertisers?

I understand how tik tok can be used for cyber warfare so I don't use that. I don't know what china can do with millions of people's personal information. Chrome doesn't collect nearly as much data as tik tok.

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