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It sucks because Chrome is so much better usability wise than all those others. I wish they would just fix whatever this keystone trash is, and leave that to stonehenge
I found out, surprised, that current Edge is basically a better Chrome - even compatible with all extensions, faster, and with lower battery consumption. And, yes, Microsoft AutoUpdate, which however seems reasonable so far.
Just use Firefox If you want to be sure your stuff works across browsers, test in safari Don’t support or trust ad companies to deliver technology, their interests are always misaligned with the user
Safari is arguably the worst browser to do general tests in if you're not making iOS apps, as it has a history of rendering and behaving differently than any other browser. The dev tools are also unusable compared to Chrome.
the linked 2009 wired article quotes adobe saying 'yeah we don't see the need to have an always-on updater process' fast forward to 2020 when (1) adobe has this and (2) they still email me every so often to remind me to install their software which (3) I have installed and been using I think life would be better if there were a 3rd-party update service that wasn't trying to also own marketing + distribution (i.e. tak…
The author should probably note that not updating Chrome is a very bad idea. There's a good reason for automated updates on a web browser for the general public and there's a good reason why Chrome is the most secure browser on the market.
Just use Firefox If you want to be sure your stuff works across browsers, test in safari Don’t support or trust ad companies to deliver technology, their interests are always misaligned with the user
Safari is arguably the worst browser to do general tests in if you're not making iOS apps, as it has a history of rendering and behaving differently than any other browser. The dev tools are also unusable compared to Chrome.
The author should probably note that not updating Chrome is a very bad idea. There's a good reason for automated updates on a web browser for the general public and there's a good reason why Chrome is the most secure browser on the market.
There is fundamental reason why internet standards should not be dictated by a data-collection/advertising company.
Try getting that across to the nerds who constantly whinge about Google.
The Internet was designed to share information, not to provide a medium for delivering proprietary applications.
Perhaps it should go back to its original goal, or people should be educated on other alternatives.
Chrome's security is, however, light years ahead of anyone else's; it remains the sole reason I still use it. It's possible to use Little Snitch to deny Keystone/ksupdate all network access, which is what I do, which removes the Google RCE vulnerability it places on your machine. Make sure to periodically manually update Chrome, however.