Ditch Chrome
Chrome is a data sucking MONSTER
Saturday, June 22, 2019 by Chasbo | Discussion: Internet
I worked for almost a year in Digital Marketing for a major newspaper until last December when I got fired. I suppose I got fired because working in digital marketing was a nightmare and I guess it showed on my face and in my actions, comments etc.
Everything was Google. I had to learn how to create content for the web site through Google. I learned how Google/Chrome tracks every little damn thing you do online. I could go on about this but I don't want to relive the digital marketing nightmare or open myself up for trouble with my old work place.
Recently I've seen articles about Chrome spying on you when you go online. I knew they did but used Chrome anyway. So I have decided, even though it isn't skinned to go with Firefox.
We'll see how it goes. I'm using Firefox to post this.
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Reply #22 Thursday, June 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I have found Google useful over the years and sometimes those
search result links are better than bookmarks.
Reply #23 Friday, June 28, 2019 12:23 AM
I have found Google useful over the years and sometimes those
search result links are better than bookmarks.
Why do you need to chose one over the other? I have both because my home page is set to google .ca, whatever I type in the search box it remembers until I delete my search history. I also find it convienient to have my most visited sites in my bookmarks bar.
Reply #24 Saturday, August 3, 2019 6:41 AM
I've been using Firefox and Chrome, and am not happy with either. Firefox used to be my preferred browser, but in the past yeatrs it became a memory hog. As for Chrome, while it uses a separate process for each tab, it doesn't seemt to use as much memory as Firefox. But that greatly depends on the sites I visit.
That said, I've switched off everything I can in my OS and browser settings to prevent data mining of any kind - and that does include quite a few obscure things that you can only find when duck-duck-go-ing for it (you didn't expect I would be 'googling' for it, did you?). In the end, I can say that while I do get my share of targeted advertising, my system and browser experience is pretty much clear of obscure processes, data being sent behind my back, or stuff being sent to me without asking. SPAM in my inbox (spam folder, actually) does never reference any online identity I use - they're only mass mails, and that makes them easy to recognize, and managable.
So, independently of the browser you use, if you are always careful not to give out any more information on the web than is absolutely neccessary, and spend some effort to make your system and browsers behave, you can be relatively safe.
Reply #25 Saturday, August 3, 2019 7:35 AM
I have been using Chrome for many years, there is nothing better. 
Reply #26 Saturday, August 3, 2019 12:12 PM
I use Chrome on the PC but my Chrome on my cell phone just went wacko
so switched to Firefox on the cell .
Reply #27 Saturday, August 3, 2019 1:23 PM
On my cell I use Edge. Sometimes I will use Safari. It’s an iPhone.
Reply #28 Sunday, August 4, 2019 4:18 AM
I hate to say it but I'm back to using Chrome, at least for now. I went to renew my WC subscription while using Edge and it wouldn't go through! It just sat there. So I tried Chrome and no problem. I also noticed Chrome loads pages faster than Edge so screw it. Google got me! I'm caving.
Reply #29 Sunday, August 4, 2019 7:19 PM
I hate to say it but I'm back to using Chrome, at least for now. I went to renew my WC subscription while using Edge and it wouldn't go through! It just sat there. So I tried Chrome and no problem. I also noticed Chrome loads pages faster than Edge so screw it. Google got me! I'm caving.
Chuck, you might try Edge developer edition, it's Chromium based, I've been using it for a while, and it's sooo much better than the regular Edge, in my humble opinion. 
Reply #30 Sunday, August 4, 2019 8:01 PM
I hate to say it but I'm back to using Chrome, at least for now. I went to renew my WC subscription while using Edge and it wouldn't go through! It just sat there. So I tried Chrome and no problem. I also noticed Chrome loads pages faster than Edge so screw it. Google got me! I'm caving.
You do have IE, not saying you have to use it but it does come in handy if you need to access something in a pinch.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 2:38 AM
Here is what you are dealing with.