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Re: No to Chrome

#31

Post by delosII » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 11:55 AM UTC

qxnqd wrote: post #16

jmstfv wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was using Safari up until they have yanked support for extensions. The web is unusable, outright hostile place without a proper script blocker. I can tolerate a lot of things, but browsing the web without uBlockOrigin isn't one of them.

Then go with Brave. They stripped out the Google bits, and they won't remove support for the current uBlock Origin ad blocker.

Plus,[0]Brave is going to block [1]CNAME Cloaking first-party trackers, AFAIK no other browser, not[2]add-on, has or plan to have such blocking capabilities.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/4DdMh7X

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21604825

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21582698

Re: No to Chrome

#32

Post by saagarjha » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 11:55 AM UTC

Their browsers website (https://notochrome.org/find-a-new-browser/) makes it somewhat difficult to understand that Firefox is also available as an option on macOS and iOS. Plus it has a link to Midori that looks like it's been taken over by scam.

Re: No to Chrome

#33

Post by aledthemathguy » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:04 PM UTC

qxnqd wrote: post #16

jmstfv wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was using Safari up until they have yanked support for extensions. The web is unusable, outright hostile place without a proper script blocker. I can tolerate a lot of things, but browsing the web without uBlockOrigin isn't one of them.

Then go with Brave. They stripped out the Google bits, and they won't remove support for the current uBlock Origin ad blocker.

Just curious: why would I need ublock origin if I am using Brave (which is already blocking ads)? Thx

Re: No to Chrome

#34

Post by jpkeisala » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:04 PM UTC

I wonder as being privacy focused, why did they not put Brave as recommended browser instead of Firefox?

Re: No to Chrome

#35

Post by IggleSniggle » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:06 PM UTC

ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #25

Even if you have no issue with Google, this is still a good idea to encourage competition. Honestly, Chrome is not as good as it used to be anyway. For me, Google Maps and Waze are the hardest things to kick. And YouTube...

Apple Maps is now quite usable if you're on iOS...although it's no Waze.

Re: No to Chrome

#36

Post by cyberpunk » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:07 PM UTC

Antoninus wrote: post #21

I’m quite satisfied with my move away from google products. Moved from gmail to protonmail. Chrome to firefox and search to ddg. Ddg isn’t perfect though and I find myself using !g tag more often than I’d like.

Try !s instead -- same results as google (apparently) but via startpage which supposedly doesn't track..

I don't really understand how startpage is able to operate such a service, I assume it's maybe because if google started trying to stop them it would be rather hypocritical?

Re: No to Chrome

#37

Post by jstanley » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:09 PM UTC

ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #25

Even if you have no issue with Google, this is still a good idea to encourage competition. Honestly, Chrome is not as good as it used to be anyway. For me, Google Maps and Waze are the hardest things to kick. And YouTube...

I use https://maps.openrouteservice.org/ and find it to be perfectly adequate.

Re: No to Chrome

#38

Post by michaelbrooks » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:09 PM UTC

jpkeisala wrote: post #34

I wonder as being privacy focused, why did they not put Brave as recommended browser instead of Firefox?

It seems like they're avoiding any and every Chromium-based browser. I wonder what their reason behind this would be since it's open-source so any browser using Chromium can take Google out of the code.

Re: No to Chrome

#39

Post by ailideex » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:10 PM UTC

jpkeisala wrote: post #34

I wonder as being privacy focused, why did they not put Brave as recommended browser instead of Firefox?

I'm sure you look you can find something which tells you that Microsoft is also privacy focused in their marketing material. Heck even google says they are focused on privacy:

https://policies.google.com/faq?hl=en-US

> We know security and privacy are important to you – and they are important to us, too. We make it a priority to provide strong security and give you confidence that your information is safe and accessible when you need it.

I guess they should just shut down the site now.

Re: No to Chrome

#40

Post by michaelbrooks » Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 12:10 PM UTC

ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #25

Even if you have no issue with Google, this is still a good idea to encourage competition. Honestly, Chrome is not as good as it used to be anyway. For me, Google Maps and Waze are the hardest things to kick. And YouTube...

I wish someone could create a viable YouTube competitor, seems like there's no one that has succeeded just yet.