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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Frostwolf to c/technology
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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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[–] MrGeekman 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Isn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That's why projects aiming to "ungoogle" it exist.

[–] MrGeekman 1 points 2 years ago

Right, but just because a browser is based on Chromium doesn't mean it has the Google spyware, right?

[–] ArtificialLink 3 points 2 years ago

Not necessarily

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Chromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.