Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square883fedilinkarrow-up11.84Karrow-down160file-text
arrow-up11.78Karrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square883fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMrGeekman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year agoBrave is also great.
minus-squareArtificialLink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoIts still chromium based. Also as a quick edit brave has been caught in some “snafus” when it comes to your privacy or your web browsing experience
minus-squareMrGeekman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIsn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?
minus-squareGigglyBobble@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That’s why projects aiming to “ungoogle” it exist.
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoChromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.
minus-squareaugust_senpai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoUnironically better to use Chrome than Brave. They’re both spyware but at least you’re not actively deluding yourself about privacy with Chrome.
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoDidn’t they just get in trouble for using user data to train AI? Or am I thinking of another browser?
minus-squareMrGeekman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoShit! You’re right! Dammit! Now I gotta go back to Firefox!
minus-squaretirestarter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowas that Brave browser or search engine? never fully understood from the article
Brave is also great.
Its still chromium based.
Also as a quick edit brave has been caught in some “snafus” when it comes to your privacy or your web browsing experience
Isn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?
Nope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That’s why projects aiming to “ungoogle” it exist.
Not necessarily
Chromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.
Unironically better to use Chrome than Brave. They’re both spyware but at least you’re not actively deluding yourself about privacy with Chrome.
Didn’t they just get in trouble for using user data to train AI? Or am I thinking of another browser?
Shit! You’re right! Dammit! Now I gotta go back to Firefox!
was that Brave browser or search engine? never fully understood from the article