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I don't understand why security-minded people seem to use Chrome more than Chromium. Does anyone understand this?

untog 15y ago
What do you mean "security-minded"? Chrome doesn't include HTTPS or XSS vulnerabilities that Chromium does not. Both browsers are as 'secure' as each other. I assume you really mean "people who don't like sharing personal data". They're different things.
- sixothree 15y ago
  Correct, I meant privacy-minded.
beaumartinez 15y ago
I've never heard of the phenomenon myself, but Chrome is self-updating—AFAIK Chromium isn't.
- robtoo 15y ago
  I prefer Chrome because its updater also includes the flash plugin, and it has its own pdf-reader plugin. Chromium also doesn't do releases, just lots of bleeding edge snapshots, and one or two of those have been badly broken.
  - natrius 15y ago
    I switched from Chromium for the PDF reader. It's nice.
    - xtacy 15y ago
      For a while, just copying the PDF reader plugin from a Chrome installation to a Chromium installation worked for me. I've switched to FF Nightly, but you could give it a try to see if it works.
simonbrown 15y ago
Outside of conspiracy theories and some limited statistics, all tracking features can be disabled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Usage_tracking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Usage_tracking Chromium doesn't have an auto-update mechanism and it can be hard to find a version that corresponds to the current stable release.
Pewpewarrows 15y ago
I'm concerned about Privacy to the extent that I might actually be negatively affected by it. The worst-case scenario that I can think of from the usage tracking in Chrome (that you can opt out of) is that I get served more relevant advertising that I might actually care about clicking. That doesn't seem evil at all.
davidwparker 15y ago
I prefer Chrome due to its ability to sync bookmarks, which I use often.
- hwatson 15y ago
  Chromium does this too.

untog 15y ago

What do you mean "security-minded"? Chrome doesn't include HTTPS or XSS vulnerabilities that Chromium does not. Both browsers are as 'secure' as each other. I assume you really mean "people who don't like sharing personal data". They're different things.

sixothree 15y ago
Correct, I meant privacy-minded.

beaumartinez 15y ago

I've never heard of the phenomenon myself, but Chrome is self-updating—AFAIK Chromium isn't.

robtoo 15y ago
I prefer Chrome because its updater also includes the flash plugin, and it has its own pdf-reader plugin. Chromium also doesn't do releases, just lots of bleeding edge snapshots, and one or two of those have been badly broken.
- natrius 15y ago
  I switched from Chromium for the PDF reader. It's nice.
  - xtacy 15y ago
    For a while, just copying the PDF reader plugin from a Chrome installation to a Chromium installation worked for me. I've switched to FF Nightly, but you could give it a try to see if it works.

simonbrown 15y ago

Outside of conspiracy theories and some limited statistics, all tracking features can be disabled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Usage_tracking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Usage_tracking Chromium doesn't have an auto-update mechanism and it can be hard to find a version that corresponds to the current stable release.

Pewpewarrows 15y ago

I'm concerned about Privacy to the extent that I might actually be negatively affected by it. The worst-case scenario that I can think of from the usage tracking in Chrome (that you can opt out of) is that I get served more relevant advertising that I might actually care about clicking. That doesn't seem evil at all.

davidwparker 15y ago

I prefer Chrome due to its ability to sync bookmarks, which I use often.

hwatson 15y ago
Chromium does this too.