Chrome may be what you described, but Chromium is pretty reasonable.
The open source version of android used to be reasonable too. How long will that be true of Chromium without open source alternatives?
AOSP is still reasonable, though.
It's just increasingly more separate from what people usually call "Android".
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by lern_too_spel on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:30PM
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It's what I call "Android." Google services were never part of AOSP. Bundling all the Google services together and naming the bundle didn't change anything in that respect.
If you care about that you just turn them off though.
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/whitepaper.htm...
You actually don't have real control over Chrome. Only Chromium is open source, and then you won't have all the features you surely use. Like videos working.
Edit: (+) Sir_Cmpwn, At least not working for me when I try seeing the pages with H264 encoded ones, and when I search, this is what I find:
https://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what%E2%80%99s-the-differen...
"What Chrome Has That Chromium Doesn’t
AAC, H.264, and MP3 Support.
Adobe Flash (PPAPI)."
Chromium is not equal Chrome.
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by ficklepickle on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:12PM
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I use chromium on Linux as my main desktop browser. I assure you it plays videos. The only thing it doesn't do is play DRM'd video, which is a feature.
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by Dylan16807 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @03:02PM
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It plays non-DRM H.264 videos? Or maybe you're depending on sites to have multiple versions?
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by thegeekpirate on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:31PM
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I just tested it, seems to work fine on Chromium.
so that's why you stick with chrome, a browser designed to send all your browsing habits straight to google, the largest online advertising company and commercial tracker in the world?