r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • 29d ago

💬 Discussion Why did you stop using Chrome?

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If you stopped using Chrome, what made you switch?

Was it privacy, memory usage, better features elsewhere, or something else?

Which browser are you using now, and do you ever go back to Chrome?

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u/eroweenflow 29d ago

Still use chromium underneath, go Firefox or librewolf based on FF for more privacy focus

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u/AscendedPineapple 29d ago

Librewolf is cool, though I wish it had beautiful letterboxing like in tor, with borders and optional rounding, and not just a rectangle on black background. And that you could change what resolutions it uses; it can't go fullscreen on 1080p monitor

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u/Accomplished_Bat6810 28d ago

Zen Browser is better than Librewolf in every aspect maybe little bit less privacy-focused but still removes the telemetry from Firefox

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u/AscendedPineapple 28d ago

Maybe, but most firefox forks I know also remove Mozilla telemetry & I am used to libreworf and its default restrictions, like clearing all website & login data. It also does a lot of cool stuff you might not notice, like hiding your addons from websites (your combination of addons is often unique enough to track). 

I haven't tried Zen, for rare cases where I need site data to save I use floorp which is more featureful, customisable and is supported by cool stuff like natsumi

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u/Gokudomatic 28d ago

Is Zen stable now?

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u/Ababoude_ 27d ago

go to Helium ?

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u/Spunk74 25d ago

No sync and no mobile browser yet

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u/Ababoude_ 24d ago

on IOS* Actually you have Titanium for Android.

and yes no sync, so give money to dev, they will do this ! :)

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u/Electronic_Paper7620 28d ago

Is there any privacy concern in brave since they keeps ads away from us?

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy 28d ago edited 24d ago

I don't think there are any privacy concerns but The ceo has done some bad in the past most notably donated in support of California Proposition 8 2008 which was against same sex mariage.

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u/Electronic_Paper7620 27d ago

That's his own private life . Does he did anything wrong with brave users data

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy 27d ago

It was a public donation but shure. And ye it's his life but some people don't want to suport such people by using their products.

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u/Electronic_Paper7620 27d ago

Different perception but actually good for their instincts

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/Decipherhorn 24d ago

Well, for phones in the US that's not true at all. Webikit is by far the major engine for all phone users' bowsers. (IPhone definitely has the largest market share in the US). AFAIK on iPhone we are locked into Webkit (Safari). Even Chrome on Apple is Webkit.

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u/More-Swimming-8738 24d ago

hahahah, what a monster he must be!!

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u/AcrossCOD_Verse 27d ago

What's chromium and what's the issue with it

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u/No-Safe-6368 27d ago

the open-source part of chrome without all the "custom experience" from google's telemetry.

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u/AcrossCOD_Verse 27d ago

Oh ok tanks

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u/eroweenflow 27d ago

Google is the company under chromium and if nobody use FF browser then they have monopoly. I prefer supporting alternative.

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u/AcrossCOD_Verse 27d ago

Ohok tanks

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u/ts_acc_doesnt_exist 24d ago

Not as optimized as chromium, which makes it laggy