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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Firefox has been my go-to, but I’ve left Chrome installed just to have on hand incase some website fuckiness could be solved with a browser change.

Naw. It’s not worthy of staying around even for that. Time to completely scrub my devices of google.

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WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Feeling the same, it’s surprising how many companies are just leaning towards screwing users for a few more pennies on the dollar. Eventually, Google with be the next AOL.

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- CobblerScholar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Just need their Time-Warner to put the last nail in the coffin
  
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  - WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    We can only pray, the ghouls.
    
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- HellAwaits@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Eventually, Google with be the next AOL.
  
  I am anti-google all day, but that’s ridiculous.
  
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ghostatnoon@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I've been doing similar; been using Firefox, but Chrome is installed for its browser-wide automatic captioning. Not something I need often, but I rely on it for the occasional remote meeting here and there. I'm sure free automatic captioning applications exist for my operating system, but I'd have to actually test each one to see if they actually work, and it's just been so convenient keeping Google's around.

(Speaking of which, if anybody happens to have recommendations for free automatic captioning software that works on Ubuntu, I seem to be in the market...)

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dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Use chromium. All the compatibility but no telemetry.

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- ericisshort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  But why use chromium or any chromium based browser since google disabled ad blocking plug-ins?
  
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  - dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I suggest it as the backup browser. Use Firefox and if you need to open something that only works on chrome, I’d rather use chromium, so Google doesn’t rape your computer when trying to use the internet.
    
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  - HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Eh, did they? I'm sure I still have Ublock Origin on the work browser, which is Chrome.
    
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    igorlogius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    just fyi, when Mv3 will completely replace Mv2 … uBO might not be able to perform as well on chrome based browsers.
    
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HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Nah, I use Edge for that. Chrome is only for work for me, but I think I'm going to migrate to another Chromium-based browser for that.

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