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

That's the thing - I am willing to try new things, like new browsers, but I get spooked when I encounter things like this.

I, too, was using Brave's browser and search engine on my phone when I heard about their shady actions. So I stopped using them and now am pretty much just using Firefox with DDG as the default search engine and have uBlock Origin and another adblock add on. I don't even know if having two ad blockers is redundant.

I'm willing to trade some privacy for a useful free service or convenience but I don't even know how much is too much on the privacy spectrum.