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I already switched to Firefox after manifest v3 but now I might have to uninstall Chrome... Call me Neo, but I don't want agents in my computer. Chromium should

I already switched to Firefox after manifest v3 but now I might have to uninstall Chrome... Call me Neo, but I don't want agents in my computer. Chromium should do nicely as a backup browser though. Not that it matters much anyway as I'm about ready to leave Windows for similar reasons: complete mismatch of core values leading development in a direction that to me makes the product worse and worse and worse

bogzz 1y ago
I made the switch almost exactly two years ago now-- couldn't be happier. I picked PopOS.
mort96 1y ago
I wish switching to Firefox was a solution here, but Mozilla has been pushing these AI features hard for a while now.
- braebo 1y ago
  Brave is a privacy-focused, de-googled chromium. It’s the best of both worlds. I never see anyone mention it here, so I’m a bit of a broken record explaining this to hn’ers who missed the memo and are stuck on Firefox almost reflexively.
  - mort96 1y ago
    Brave isn't any better than the rest, it's just riding a different hype train. It's a cryptocurrency browser because that's what was "in" when it was created. The issues laid out here more or less match my own reasons for disliking Brave: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/ https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
  - conartist6 1y ago
    I have it installed, but it doesn't feel like it belongs to me. They want to be making crypto wallets and and secondary advertising markets and AI search engines. Almost none of what they do provides any value to me over Chromium. Talk to me again if they ever get serious about anti-fingerprinting. AFAIK even their aggressive protections are woefully inadequate when tested on the Panopticlick
estimator7292 1y ago
Firefox is honestly just as bad as chrome now. The only sane experience to be had is with a Firefox fork. I use Librewolf and Fennec, but there's lots and lots of them.

bogzz 1y ago

I made the switch almost exactly two years ago now-- couldn't be happier. I picked PopOS.

mort96 1y ago

I wish switching to Firefox was a solution here, but Mozilla has been pushing these AI features hard for a while now.

braebo 1y ago
Brave is a privacy-focused, de-googled chromium. It’s the best of both worlds. I never see anyone mention it here, so I’m a bit of a broken record explaining this to hn’ers who missed the memo and are stuck on Firefox almost reflexively.
- mort96 1y ago
  Brave isn't any better than the rest, it's just riding a different hype train. It's a cryptocurrency browser because that's what was "in" when it was created. The issues laid out here more or less match my own reasons for disliking Brave: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/ https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
- conartist6 1y ago
  I have it installed, but it doesn't feel like it belongs to me. They want to be making crypto wallets and and secondary advertising markets and AI search engines. Almost none of what they do provides any value to me over Chromium. Talk to me again if they ever get serious about anti-fingerprinting. AFAIK even their aggressive protections are woefully inadequate when tested on the Panopticlick

estimator7292 1y ago

Firefox is honestly just as bad as chrome now. The only sane experience to be had is with a Firefox fork. I use Librewolf and Fennec, but there's lots and lots of them.