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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] spoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When 430 out of your 450m annual income comes from google you'd be naive to think they have no say at all. In a perfect world maybe.

Time will tell. We'll see what firefox does when chrome drops manifest v2.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far they don’t seem too keen on bending the knee

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23559234/firefox-manifest-v3-content-ad-blocker

Which is good for us

[–] spoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brave said the same. Lets see who puts their money where their mouth is. I hope both.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that’s why I was still using brave (until now)

Honestly it’s a relief to break away from chromium