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Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by TeMPOraL »

pjmlp wrote: post #18
dredmorbius wrote: post #2

The obvious problems and conflicts here are multiple. 1. People may wish to not have activity on multiple services connected or associated. This was certainly true for me when I found that G+ and YouTube accounts, independently created, though sharing a common email address, were conjoined. 2. Google is put in a position of advantage as regards online identity. This persists across several dimensions: a). Google apps…

That most people never read 1984 or are yet to watch The Circle.

With the data they have, they actually could know the latter.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by buro9 »

Many years ago I shared that I browse across several browsers, separating usage depending on the site I am visiting.

+ Gmail, Drive, Google Calendar = Chrome

+ Sites I trust = Firefox

+ Sites I do not know or trust = Firefox Private browsing (or Firefox Focus on Android)

This involves cautiously copying links from browser to browser, and if I make a mistake I have a scorched Earth policy of the history and cookies.

The only thing that is consistent is that they all have Pinboard so I can bookmark as I go along.

Over the years this feels more and more like the safest thing to do, to compartmentalise according to trust, and trust Google only with whatever you want tracked.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by Yokohiii »

nindalf wrote: post #16
mooreed wrote: post #15

Chromium Ungoogled repo [1] made it to the `top30` some days ago. I too have switched back to Firefox with the release of Quantum and have been very pleased. Frankly, I am amazed every day that Ungoogled Chromium, Firefox, & DDG.co are as good as they are. (aka: slightly inferior to Google regarding product polish, but truly "good enough" 98% of the time - without selling my future data down the drain) (edited: to fi…

I rate Firefox pretty highly since Quantum released. It's fast, polished and in my unscientific testing, consumes less resources.

I switched to FF mobile few weeks ago and I am very pleased. FF desktop however turned me away because it felt quite laggy.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by Karunamon »

JoshMnem wrote: post #23

> [googlers] were wondering why the new behaviour might feel abusive to some people. That says something about how out of touch Google is at the moment.

I daresay this comment might apply more to us than to Google. To 99% of people, these features are useful and helpful, with the downsides being mostly philosophical or theoretical.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by kiaulen »

jen729w wrote: post #25
eightysixfour wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except battery, it is a battery destroyer unfortunately.

One would think that would be as a direct result of consuming more resources, not less. What is it doing to drain your power, do you know? I really want to switch from Chrome -> Firefox for dev work but my MBP’s battery already lasts nowhere near “10 hours”...

Well, if you're looking for battery life, both safari and edge have excellent battery life by virtue of not doing anything useful.

And if you're looking to do dev work, that usually means at minimum an editor, a server, and a browser, which seems like too much to run unplugged.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by jdeibele »

k__ wrote: post #11

Switched back to Firefox with container tabs half a year ago and I'm pretty happy with it.

Agreed. Mozilla has a special container just for Facebook and I use that. Other people have made similar special containers for Google, etc. but I don't trust them as much as Mozilla.

So I use one container for Google properties (gmail, YouTube, etc.), a different one for social networks other than Facebook (Twitter, Reddit, etc.), and a third for shopping (eBay, Amazon, etc.)

You can teach Firefox to always open certain URLs in a particular container so smile.amazon.com brings up the shopping container, twitter.com brings up the social one, and so on.

I've been a little sad about losing some of the old Firefox extensions but Quantum has been great.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by [deleted] »

buro9 wrote: post #32

Many years ago I shared that I browse across several browsers, separating usage depending on the site I am visiting. + Gmail, Drive, Google Calendar = Chrome + Sites I trust = Firefox + Sites I do not know or trust = Firefox Private browsing (or Firefox Focus on Android) This involves cautiously copying links from browser to browser, and if I make a mistake I have a scorched Earth policy of the history and cookies. T…

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Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by djanogo »

buro9 wrote: post #32

Many years ago I shared that I browse across several browsers, separating usage depending on the site I am visiting. + Gmail, Drive, Google Calendar = Chrome + Sites I trust = Firefox + Sites I do not know or trust = Firefox Private browsing (or Firefox Focus on Android) This involves cautiously copying links from browser to browser, and if I make a mistake I have a scorched Earth policy of the history and cookies. T…

I used to this do exactly, but switching to Firefox containers made Chrome redundant. Chrome uses too much memory to leave it running just for few websites, and Google including analytics script as builtin library was the last straw.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by user812 »

The new Google Chrome design with version 69 marked the beginning of a new era – Google wants to portray Chrome as something that is way more than a browser. They want you to see it as the primary interface of the web.

This is what the average user wants. All complex functionality has been put in the background. Cross-platform integration has been perfected.

Give it a year and users around the world will no longer think of Chrome as a browser, but simply as the interface to the (Google-)Web.

With Chrome Google has succesfully defeated Apple, MS and Mozilla.

And Google will continue to do everything to make people stop thinking of Chrome as a browser. They want you to think of it like a window into your online life, a window that is the same no matter where you are or what device you use.

Re: Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine

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Post by LolNoGenerics »

user812 wrote: post #39

The new Google Chrome design with version 69 marked the beginning of a new era – Google wants to portray Chrome as something that is way more than a browser. They want you to see it as the primary interface of the web. This is what the average user wants. All complex functionality has been put in the background. Cross-platform integration has been perfected. Give it a year and users around the world will no longer th…

The dream of AOL.
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