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Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by kernal on Saturday September 09, 2023 @06:33PM (#37450975)
I find it comical that people keep recommending Firefox around here. This is the same company that has the following turned on by default:

Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla

Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations

Allow Firefox to install and run studies

Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports on your behalf

But, let's give them a pass because they're not based on Chromium.

Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by jm4 on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:01PM (#37451155)
All that stuff is shared directly with Mozilla. The Chrome stuff is shared with everyone with the money to pay for it.
Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by CatWChainsaw on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:18PM (#37451261)
So you'd let the perfect be the enemy of the good and go all-in on Chrome? The way I see it, whatever its imperfections, it's the source of the only non-Safari, non-Chromium browser with basically any market share, and has its derivatives you can choose from. I've seen LibreWolf mentioned several times. And frankly, Mozilla's narrower market scope, to say nothing of their market share, when compared with the behemoth that is Alphabet, make all this immaterial. I can turn all those settings off quite easily. My irritation stems from the unique download identifiers and the occasions when they also make stupid alterations, like that Firefox View thing (which got disabled, of course).
Re:Alert: No Google Topics in Vivaldi by sys_64738 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @09:12AM (#37455523)
Chrome is made by and funded by an ad company.