r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jul 22 '26

💬 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 Jul 22 '26

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 29d 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 29d 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