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If you're using Windows, what's the point of using Chrome if you already have Edge? You're already sending data to MS anyway

MichaelCollins 4y ago
What's the point of using either of those when you could use an ungoogled chromium build? (I use Firefox, but if I were to use a chromium browser it wouldn't be Edge or Chrome...)
- tester756 4y ago
  Because you gotta trust people behind ungoogled Chromium I don't know them, so I don't trust them.
  - poopnugget 4y ago
  - s3p 4y ago
    Waiting for the /sarcasm tag
  - fsflover 4y ago
    But we do know people behind Microsoft are not to be trusted with our privacy... See PRISM and their data collection practices.
    - tester756 4y ago
      The thing is about what data MS wants and what bad actor in ungoogled chromium would want e.g MS doesn't want to steal money from my card
      - BiteCode_dev 4y ago
        Indeed, they will lock you in to get it legally.
  - bilekas 4y ago
    Chromium is open source, and so you can see what the changelog is etc.. You don't need to trust the people when you can read the source yourself ? also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome.. Edit: My mistake: Chrome and Chromium were release the same time.
    - judge2020 4y ago
      > also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. You can download Chromium[0], but people tend to be referring to the project called "Ungoogled Chromium"[1] to remove any calls to Google domains, eg. safe browsing, which are still present in Chromium. 0: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ 1: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
    - detaro 4y ago
      > Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome no it wasn't.
      - bilekas 4y ago
        Sorry that's actually my mistake, I was thinking of something else. (Android) They were both launched the same period, but chromium was the 'trimmed' down open source version.
    - tester756 4y ago
      Yes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I'd rather write my own browser from scratch
      - bilekas 4y ago
        > Yes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I've had this discussion with other people too, just because you don't want to doesn't mean you can't. So your point of suspecting something nefarious is moot for me until you can back it up.
- sascha_sl 4y ago
  In case you want a real answer: battery life.
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    Googled Chromium has better battery life than Ungoogled Chromium? That seems like a dubious claim.
    - rejectfinite 4y ago
      No, Edge does. It actually is the best performing and battery life browser on Windows.

MichaelCollins 4y ago

What's the point of using either of those when you could use an ungoogled chromium build? (I use Firefox, but if I were to use a chromium browser it wouldn't be Edge or Chrome...)

tester756 4y ago
Because you gotta trust people behind ungoogled Chromium I don't know them, so I don't trust them.
- poopnugget 4y ago
- s3p 4y ago
  Waiting for the /sarcasm tag
- fsflover 4y ago
  But we do know people behind Microsoft are not to be trusted with our privacy... See PRISM and their data collection practices.
  - tester756 4y ago
    The thing is about what data MS wants and what bad actor in ungoogled chromium would want e.g MS doesn't want to steal money from my card
    - BiteCode_dev 4y ago
      Indeed, they will lock you in to get it legally.
- bilekas 4y ago
  Chromium is open source, and so you can see what the changelog is etc.. You don't need to trust the people when you can read the source yourself ? also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome.. Edit: My mistake: Chrome and Chromium were release the same time.
  - judge2020 4y ago
    > also "ungoogled Chromium" - The process is Chrome is Googled Chromium. You can download Chromium[0], but people tend to be referring to the project called "Ungoogled Chromium"[1] to remove any calls to Google domains, eg. safe browsing, which are still present in Chromium. 0: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ 1: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
  - detaro 4y ago
    > Chromium was a thing before Google-Chrome no it wasn't.
    - bilekas 4y ago
      Sorry that's actually my mistake, I was thinking of something else. (Android) They were both launched the same period, but chromium was the 'trimmed' down open source version.
  - tester756 4y ago
    Yes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I'd rather write my own browser from scratch
    - bilekas 4y ago
      > Yes, I'm definitely going to audit some giant as hell CPP code base (diffs) every four weeks. I've had this discussion with other people too, just because you don't want to doesn't mean you can't. So your point of suspecting something nefarious is moot for me until you can back it up.
sascha_sl 4y ago
In case you want a real answer: battery life.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  Googled Chromium has better battery life than Ungoogled Chromium? That seems like a dubious claim.
  - rejectfinite 4y ago
    No, Edge does. It actually is the best performing and battery life browser on Windows.