Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex) • Hacker News Board

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by ljlolel » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:38 PM UTC

righthand wrote: post #15

leereeves wrote: post #3

I hope people can get a "Stop Using Chrome" movement going, like we did with Internet Explorer long ago.

Idk, isn't that how we got Chrome? Isn't this inviting someone else to be the new Internet abuse daddy?

Sounds like something written by a Google employee. Mozilla is a non-profit

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by wussboy » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:38 PM UTC

arresin wrote: post #7

What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?

Full time Firefox user. I run hundreds of tabs for days on end and need to restart it every week or so. Well worth it to not use Chrome. Need to open a site in Chrome about once a month

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by timewizard » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:39 PM UTC

leereeves wrote: post #3

I hope people can get a "Stop Using Chrome" movement going, like we did with Internet Explorer long ago.

Chrome is fine.

Letting an advertising company own it is not.

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by mingus88 » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:40 PM UTC

xnx wrote: post #6

Without the suggestion to install an adblocker, this is not credible advice.

They will not bite the hand that feeds them.

But I am glad they are pushing people toward other browsers because that is the biggest step. Once you have taken that step, installing the most popular extensions is trivial.

Guess what the highest rated extensions are?

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by GolfPopper » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:41 PM UTC

wyattblue wrote: post #8

arresin wrote: post #7

What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?

Brave Browser: https://brave.com/

Brave has some controversies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controvers...

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by brazzy » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:47 PM UTC

arresin wrote: post #7

What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?

Firefox.

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by NexRebular » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:48 PM UTC

arresin wrote: post #7

What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?

I use Vivaldi[1]. Also has built-in ad-blocker although I'm not sure how good it is compared to Ublock or others.

[1] https://vivaldi.com/

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by p0w3n3d » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:49 PM UTC

I've noticed that recent Chrome version does not allow me to download the pdf I'm viewing. I had to open it in Firefox. The Chrome browser only allowed me to save it to drive (cloud)

Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:49 PM UTC

xnx wrote: post #5

Source article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/06/meta-pr...

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Re: Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)

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Post by secondcoming » Sat, Jun 07, 2025, 6:50 PM UTC

arresin wrote: post #7

What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?

Firefox. It's been my default browser for years but now I'm noticing sites that don't work properly with it. I'm not sure why.

It also has a really annoying 'feature' that its update process will sometimes force you to restart the browser.