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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by conartist6 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:46AM (#45312496)
I already switched to Firefox after manifest v3 but now I might have to uninstall Chrome... Call me Neo, but I don't want agents in my computer. Chromium should do nicely as a backup browser though. Not that it matters much anyway as I'm about ready to leave Windows for similar reasons: complete mismatch of core values leading development in a direction that to me makes the product worse and worse and worse
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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by bogzz on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:58AM (#45312559)
I made the switch almost exactly two years ago now-- couldn't be happier. I picked PopOS.
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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by mort96 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @09:03AM (#45313045)
I wish switching to Firefox was a solution here, but Mozilla has been pushing these AI features hard for a while now.
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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by braebo on Saturday September 20, 2025 @11:01PM (#45319653)
Brave is a privacy-focused, de-googled chromium. It’s the best of both worlds. I never see anyone mention it here, so I’m a bit of a broken record explaining this to hn’ers who missed the memo and are stuck on Firefox almost reflexively.
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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by mort96 on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:26AM (#45320786)
Brave isn't any better than the rest, it's just riding a different hype train. It's a cryptocurrency browser because that's what was "in" when it was created.

The issues laid out here more or less match my own reasons for disliking Brave: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/

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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by conartist6 on Monday September 22, 2025 @08:12AM (#45332317)
I have it installed, but it doesn't feel like it belongs to me. They want to be making crypto wallets and and secondary advertising markets and AI search engines. Almost none of what they do provides any value to me over Chromium.

Talk to me again if they ever get serious about anti-fingerprinting. AFAIK even their aggressive protections are woefully inadequate when tested on the Panopticlick

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Re:Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like... by estimator7292 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @09:34AM (#45313252)
Firefox is honestly just as bad as chrome now. The only sane experience to be had is with a Firefox fork. I use Librewolf and Fennec, but there's lots and lots of them.
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