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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't playstore defeat the purpose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using that logic I might as well ditch my android phone and go back to using a Nokia 3310

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can degoogle android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure but I'd rather not go through that trouble. I know it's short sighted to choose convenience over privacy but Google has all my data anyways, regardless of what I do.