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Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by commandlinefan »

atombender wrote: post #247
brian-armstrong wrote: post #10

Firefox is a truly fantastic browser now. I've been using it again for about 2 years and haven't regretted it at all. There have been a couple of weird feature hiccups but generally Mozilla seems to get things right.

I wish Firefox was as sleek, fast and no-nonsense as Safari on the Mac, which is my everyday browser. I vastly prefer the idea of an open browser that is not tightly coupled to a particular industry giant. And I wish Firefox actually had a viable Safari competitor on iOS, so that I can sync my state around. Unfortunately, while Firefox has made significant leaps the last couple of years, it's still not a viable alter…

I keep finding myself idly wondering... how hard would it _really_ be to write my own modern browser?

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kwijibob wrote: post #349

A minority view: I do care about privacy but this behaviour is what I expect from Chrome. We have a number of profiles on our shared family PC and people expect logging into chrome or gmail will also log into the other. For me it's the price of entry for using the google ecosystem. I was already using gmail/gdocs/chrome sync daily, so it just makes life easier. If I really need privacy I go to incognito or another br…

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Post by vturner »

Suspected something strong arming us was in the works when Google silently disabled the setting for complete always private browsing. I have this set on both Firefox and Chrome, no history, data, nothing remembered on my work computer. One day I noticed history in Chrome and surprise the settings for no history were gone.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by liftbigweights »

amanzi wrote: post #237

Google today is like the Microsoft of 10-15 years ago. Grossly dominant, arrogant, user-hostile, and thinking they're above the law. Microsoft got knocked off their perch and are a much better company today than they were 15 years ago. Google's turn to fall is rapidly approaching.

> Microsoft got knocked off their perch and are a much better company today than they were 15 years ago.

Microsoft didn't get knocked off their perch. They won the antitrust fight. Do you remember microsoft being broken apart? I don't.

And they aren't a much better company today. They are arguably an even bigger privacy threat since they are leveraging their ubiquitous OS to gather data and to sell ads.

> Google's turn to fall is rapidly approaching.

Microsoft never fell. They are ahead of google in the race to be the next trillion dollar company. I wouldn't hold my breath thinking that google is going to fall. Especially if you think microsoft "fell".

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Post by thrower123 »

liftbigweights wrote: post #374
amanzi wrote: post #237

Google today is like the Microsoft of 10-15 years ago. Grossly dominant, arrogant, user-hostile, and thinking they're above the law. Microsoft got knocked off their perch and are a much better company today than they were 15 years ago. Google's turn to fall is rapidly approaching.

> Microsoft got knocked off their perch and are a much better company today than they were 15 years ago. Microsoft didn't get knocked off their perch. They won the antitrust fight. Do you remember microsoft being broken apart? I don't. And they aren't a much better company today. They are arguably an even bigger privacy threat since they are leveraging their ubiquitous OS to gather data and to sell ads. > Google's tu…

Google is much less adept at avoiding the ire of antitrust agencies, particularly under the current administration. Google is considerably more evil in the popular imagination at this point.

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Post by zeth___ »

naringas wrote: post #259
partiallypro wrote: post #248

Google started going down the path I would describe as an "evil" path years ago. I'm glad people are starting to notice. I used to be a huge Google advocate, up until about 2008. So many things have changed since then. Adsense was the first breach in trust for me, when they banned my account for no reason and ruined any chance of every monetizing my content...since they are basically a monopoly in that area. Getting…

I used to think that google today is like microsoft back in the late 90s and early 00s but your comment makes me think it might be even worse.

Microsoft got smacked down by the DoJ hard.

Here's hoping that Trump in his second term hits the digital monopolies with the anti-trust legislation they have been flaunting for the last 10 years.

Just because they are somewhat closer to me socially doesn't mean I want to sell out my freedoms to them.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by tokyodude »

I know this will be downvoted into oblivion but this isn't evil. 99% of users want this feature. They want their passwords synced and they don't want to have to log in multiple times. With a data point of one I want this feature. I'm sure if I poller my non tech friends they'd almost universally want this feature.

An option to opt out might be good but most people are helped not hindered by this.

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by acdanger »

zeth___ wrote: post #376
naringas wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to think that google today is like microsoft back in the late 90s and early 00s but your comment makes me think it might be even worse.

Microsoft got smacked down by the DoJ hard. Here's hoping that Trump in his second term hits the digital monopolies with the anti-trust legislation they have been flaunting for the last 10 years. Just because they are somewhat closer to me socially doesn't mean I want to sell out my freedoms to them.

Why would he have to wait for a second term? Why couldn't he start on this tomorrow?

Re: Why I’m done with Chrome

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Post by zeth___ »

acdanger wrote: post #378
zeth___ wrote: post #376

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft got smacked down by the DoJ hard. Here's hoping that Trump in his second term hits the digital monopolies with the anti-trust legislation they have been flaunting for the last 10 years. Just because they are somewhat closer to me socially doesn't mean I want to sell out my freedoms to them.

Why would he have to wait for a second term? Why couldn't he start on this tomorrow?

If you think the coverage of him is bad now, wait till you see what happens when the digital monopolies are fighting for their lives.

One only has to look at what the Murdoch paper monopolies did to any politician who dared stand against him: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/cancer-eating-the-he...

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