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What browser do you use on your PC/Mac?
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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If Firefox isn't available, the next best choice would probably be de-googled Chromium (note that Chromium is not necessarily fully de-googled by default) or Safari. Edge is just Chrome plus Microsoft.
Notably minus the Google integration though. Replacing one big corp for another.
I think Edge still has a bunch of the Google telemetry, though. But I could be wrong - I haven't looked into it because Firefox exists. Firefox also has some Google telemetry kinda stuff by default, just in case you didn't know - you have to disable it (or bear with it because you want the features)
I think they replace pretty much all of it, even standbys like Safe Browsing are replaced with a Microsoft equivalent.
I've found de googled chromium kinda sucks though, PWAs seem unstable and Chromecast doesn't work properly
That's always the trade-off - convenience, or privacy? It seems that we live in a world where we can't really get both, and everyone has their personal preference on where that line should be drawn.