▲ 3242 ▼ If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com) submitted 3 years ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 992 comments fedilink hide all child comments With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.
[–] EricHill78@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) Isn't Safari independent? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kava@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* Well essentially there are 3 browsers. Chrome / Firefox / Safari. Everything is a version of these three (besides niche browsers, like I think KDE might have their own browser) What I mean by independent is Firefox is the only one not owned by a massive international corporation. I would say the only open source one but Chromium is technically open source. You can for example download "ungoogled chromium" which is a Chromium fork that removes the Google telemetry permalink fedilink source parent [–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago How is Apple "independent"? You're just trading one mega corporation for another. It's not Chromium specifically, but it has basically the same issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kava@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* Well essentially there are 3 browsers. Chrome / Firefox / Safari. Everything is a version of these three (besides niche browsers, like I think KDE might have their own browser) What I mean by independent is Firefox is the only one not owned by a massive international corporation. I would say the only open source one but Chromium is technically open source. You can for example download "ungoogled chromium" which is a Chromium fork that removes the Google telemetry permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago How is Apple "independent"? You're just trading one mega corporation for another. It's not Chromium specifically, but it has basically the same issues. permalink fedilink source parent