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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by pgwhalen on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:34AM (#24159248)
> I’m not a Richard Stallman type, but I think it’s come to the point where if you have even the slightest pretense of being a “free web” person, using Chrome or a Chromium-based browser has become unconscionable.

Thanks for phrasing it like this - I'm also not a Richard Stallman type but it's hard to disagree with this statement. Just downloaded Firefox and made the switch.

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Re:Google resumes its attack on the URL bar, hides full addr... by dmitryminkovsky on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:55AM (#24159561)
Great to hear.

Clearing my history/sessions in Chrome was an important factor in adoption for me as well. It helps that when you start typing in that search bar, it doesn’t feel familiar. Took a few weeks but did eventually stop looking to Chrome. Now I just use it for testing/Android debugging.

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