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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 3 years ago by 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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[–] 42 points 3 years ago (5 children)

This is the problem! :( Monopoly is never good, in this case in particular since it's in the hand of a corporation they make money on people data.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was confused when looking at the map, how come China is Chrome when google is not even allowed in China. Then I remember all those ad-riddled Chinese browsers that are based on Chrome.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    They're likely based on Chromium, which is what Google Chrome is based on. Chromium is open-source. Chrome is not.

    Not that China cares about US copyright. But it's still easier to just use open-source code rather than creating a browser from scratch or cracking open the code of a proprietary browser.

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