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Should I use chromium based browsers or firefox? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Chromium has better features, but with google announcing its plan to 'drm the internet' I 'm not sure if it'd be a good idea.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Do not use any Chromium based browser. Full stop.

  • If you are on Mac, I recommend Orion (Webkit based, but Mac only ATM).
  • For every other platform, including Linux, Firefox.

Honestly, Google has gotten so aggressively evil I'd strongly recommend cutting yourself off from all their products entirely. Consider Kagi instead of Google search and Proton instead of GMail. Other offerings also have alternatives that won't spy on you, steal your information, or treat you like both a criminal and a product instead of a customer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At first i was hesitant with kagi, like: Why would i pay for a search engine? Then i realized, on the others i am the product anyway, so privacy vs little bit of money. So i am a kagi user now! At the same time, kagi will keep getting better and better (just checked their blogs how much they upgraded in a year.)

TL;DR: Anone who sees this, give kagi search a try!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same boat! I did their free trial, was genuinely impressed with their search results, and now I have a family subscription. I can control what my kids see too, which is a plus.

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

Orion is available on iOS and iPadOS as well, and I second Kagi search

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I recommend Brave search, it's an independent index so you get different results. Then you can add !g to search Google and get something else, you get more coverage

It also has an AI summary that's often good enough to give you answers without clicking links, which I like