Why (almost) everyone uses Chrome?
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Firefox user here since 2007, never looked back. It just works for me.
The more fanatical type of Linux users are biased against Chrome, because Google is an intrusive, closed-source, corporate giant. In other words, it is the Devil Incarnate, to the linux folks. So that's why Linux users who run Chrome, such as myself, try to keep quiet about it.
The more fanatical type of Linux users are biased against Chrome, because Google is an intrusive, closed-source, corporate giant. In other words, it is the Devil Incarnate, to the linux folks. So that's why Linux users who run Chrome, such as myself, try to keep quiet about it.
Heretic!
tl:dr
-RAM management
-Omnibar
-Auto update
-Security
-Chrome flags
I remember I switched to Chrome a few months after it was released. I was 100000% tired of Firefox's poor RAM management. The more tabs you opened the more RAM it was using and when you closed tabs the RAM usage didn't drop. Then came Chrome. When you closed a tab it released the memory. Amazing! It was only after years that I realized it was even more incredible that each tab was its own instance when I accidentally dragged a tab out and it turned into its own window and when you drag the window back into a multi-tab window it becomes a tab. Incredibly intuitive design. The omnibox was another massive innovation. Before you had a search box and a URL bar. Google was genius to put all into one, it's a more intuitive solution. Can't remember a website? Just type the name and it turns into a Google search query. The other massive innovation that people forget was Chrome auto-update. The browser would just update itself. A huge convenience. Remember back then you always had to download a new version of the browser from the website and then install, click the admin elevation away and click the adware away and be careful that you don't wipe your old bookmarks and settings etc. and then set it as your default browser again. Chrome just updated in the background, you close it, you open, it's on a new version and you kept all your settings. So by default I installed it on all of my parents' computers years ago. I install it on any old person's computer for those 3 reasons. RAM management, omnibar, auto-update. That's a lot of questions I will avoid in the future. I don't have to worry if they will be on the latest version, I don't have to explain to them how to find a website, I don't have to worry that it slows them down.
For me personally those things have fallen into the background and now I appreciate its security and performance. It's not as fast as Edge and Firefox out of the box but with the right Chrome flags it's faster than all of them. And Google Project Zero is an incredibly bright team that also provides patches for Chrome. What more would I want than a browser that gets patches from that team?
-RAM management
-Omnibar
-Auto update
-Security
-Chrome flags
I remember I switched to Chrome a few months after it was released. I was 100000% tired of Firefox's poor RAM management. The more tabs you opened the more RAM it was using and when you closed tabs the RAM usage didn't drop. Then came Chrome. When you closed a tab it released the memory. Amazing! It was only after years that I realized it was even more incredible that each tab was its own instance when I accidentally dragged a tab out and it turned into its own window and when you drag the window back into a multi-tab window it becomes a tab. Incredibly intuitive design. The omnibox was another massive innovation. Before you had a search box and a URL bar. Google was genius to put all into one, it's a more intuitive solution. Can't remember a website? Just type the name and it turns into a Google search query. The other massive innovation that people forget was Chrome auto-update. The browser would just update itself. A huge convenience. Remember back then you always had to download a new version of the browser from the website and then install, click the admin elevation away and click the adware away and be careful that you don't wipe your old bookmarks and settings etc. and then set it as your default browser again. Chrome just updated in the background, you close it, you open, it's on a new version and you kept all your settings. So by default I installed it on all of my parents' computers years ago. I install it on any old person's computer for those 3 reasons. RAM management, omnibar, auto-update. That's a lot of questions I will avoid in the future. I don't have to worry if they will be on the latest version, I don't have to explain to them how to find a website, I don't have to worry that it slows them down.
For me personally those things have fallen into the background and now I appreciate its security and performance. It's not as fast as Edge and Firefox out of the box but with the right Chrome flags it's faster than all of them. And Google Project Zero is an incredibly bright team that also provides patches for Chrome. What more would I want than a browser that gets patches from that team?
If you don't use Linux+Firefox, you will go to Hell!
It's also the default.
I use Chrome for years: fast, secure, reliable. The only cons is that it uses much RAM. Also, I suggest to use Chrome sandboxed with Sandboxie to get more security.
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Can you share those settings? Thanks.
Google is everywhere and Chrome the same, btw I think it is reliable and safe but a little heavy.
Same here. I tried Firefox, Brave Vivaldi but I always go back to Chromium. I found Brave nice and clean but Vivaldi was kinda slow. i focus on security instead of the hard privacy and Google is one of the best in Security.The more fanatical type of Linux users are biased against Chrome, because Google is an intrusive, closed-source, corporate giant. In other words, it is the Devil Incarnate, to the linux folks. So that's why Linux users who run Chrome, such as myself, try to keep quiet about it.
Chrome gets security updates earlier than Chromium, but obviously it is much more Googlized. Chromium is probably the balanced choice.
Maybe I'm just lazy, but I chose Opera just because I use it on Android (I can't browse without my tabs at the top), so syncing stuff is always more comfortable for me.
On the PC, Opera is just another Chromium browser. It adds a couple of features (VPN, working dark theme) and updates a bit slower.
I know my privacy is very low, maybe even lower than Chrome, due to its shady policies (who the hell would trust Opera's VPN?). But I don't really care, I accepted a long time ago that I will be spyed on just because of using the internet. All I care is security and by my experience, it's the same as Chrome.
On the PC, Opera is just another Chromium browser. It adds a couple of features (VPN, working dark theme) and updates a bit slower.
I know my privacy is very low, maybe even lower than Chrome, due to its shady policies (who the hell would trust Opera's VPN?). But I don't really care, I accepted a long time ago that I will be spyed on just because of using the internet. All I care is security and by my experience, it's the same as Chrome.
Channelling the /r/privacy community I see.
On Linux I use Firefox and Chrome.
In Win7 I use Firefox and Slimjet that are based on Chrome. Why I use Chrome. because it translates better than Firefox.
In Win7 I use Firefox and Slimjet that are based on Chrome. Why I use Chrome. because it translates better than Firefox.
chrome for security
Yandex is probably the best browser in my opinion, but the privacy issues are probably bigger than with chrome, but after all....who cares
Yandex is probably the best browser in my opinion, but the privacy issues are probably bigger than with chrome, but after all....who cares
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Anyway who want use Firefox, less secure copycat of Chrome... At least before you could see its differences, now...
Im in love with Opera. But if i will play unsafe ..... Just will use Google chrome
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