- Jun 11, 2019
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I have been using Yandex Browser for more than 6 years. However, Edge recently decided to give it a try. After all, since it is installed in the system, what is gathering dust idle?
Now in difficulty - what to choose? Both are based on Chromium, and have good protection: Edge has a Smartscreen filter and protection against PUPs, plus also blocking ad scripts and trackers, Yandex Browser has Protect protection, with its own antivirus and Kaspersky antivirus, Wi-Fi protection, DNS, phishing protection and built-in ad and tracker blocking. In both browsers, you can cram many extensions from the Google Chrome extension store. The consumed system resources are also about the same. Both browsers have memory savings due to the feature to reduce resource consumption of inactive / sleeping tabs.
I noticed that Edge translates pages in a foreign language faster, almost instantly, while Yandex browser spends about 3 seconds on it. But when I close Yandex Browser, it closes instantly, and then Edge spends 2 seconds.
Probably the only difference is that if I use Edge, then the data about me goes to the NSA, and if Yandex Browser - to the FSB. And since I live in Russia, the NSA is far away, and the FSB is nearby, two steps away On the other hand, the FSB has already collected a dossier on me, so there is nothing to worry about
What would you recommend? Should I give Edge a chance?
Now in difficulty - what to choose? Both are based on Chromium, and have good protection: Edge has a Smartscreen filter and protection against PUPs, plus also blocking ad scripts and trackers, Yandex Browser has Protect protection, with its own antivirus and Kaspersky antivirus, Wi-Fi protection, DNS, phishing protection and built-in ad and tracker blocking. In both browsers, you can cram many extensions from the Google Chrome extension store. The consumed system resources are also about the same. Both browsers have memory savings due to the feature to reduce resource consumption of inactive / sleeping tabs.
I noticed that Edge translates pages in a foreign language faster, almost instantly, while Yandex browser spends about 3 seconds on it. But when I close Yandex Browser, it closes instantly, and then Edge spends 2 seconds.
Probably the only difference is that if I use Edge, then the data about me goes to the NSA, and if Yandex Browser - to the FSB. And since I live in Russia, the NSA is far away, and the FSB is nearby, two steps away On the other hand, the FSB has already collected a dossier on me, so there is nothing to worry about
What would you recommend? Should I give Edge a chance?