Help me decide once and for all: Which is better, Chrome or Firefox?

Chrome has about 7 times the market share of Firefox, takes about a half to a third as much RAM (at least for me, anyway), starts up quicker (again, at least for me; and, yes, I do have Firefox Quantum), plays animated GIFs, animated PNGs, and HTML5 video much better, so I'm seriously tempted to choose Chrome. But then so many people I talk to seem to prefer Firefox, and also Chrome is of course Google so bye bye, privacy. Which do all you guys think I should go with?

 

I use Chrome.
On my laptop and my phone.

 

Me too, friend. Me too.

 

Oops I came back to vote.
Sorry, it's a blonde thing. Lol

 

i love chrome but i'm biased my brother works 4 google

 

lol No prob.

 

Linux programmers have been working towards creating a version of Linux that can run multiple virtual operating systems or "containers". If you want to go online you can open virtual operating system for your browser and, when you are finished, you can close the entire thing without worrying about malware and viruses. That makes things like Chrome more valuable for being lightweight and fast, while Microsoft is putting out the first container version like it that is specifically just for browsing the web. The nice thing about Chrome is that it isn't always the fastest, but its among the fastest and more reliable, while Google keeps it fairly up to date.

 

Maybe 'the next generation' if we work on it

 

Google Chrome.

 

AI is about to crush most issues people have with computers and the internet. Intel and Microsoft have been working on it for at least fifteen years, but the necessary circuitry is already going on every processor being made. The next gen internet is coming out next year. Basically, they developed the technology while they waited for the average consumer laptop to become powerful enough to incorporate it. Past a certain point, they have to add more analog circuitry and programs or its the equivalent of shoving a jet engine inside a red wagon.

Nvidia's tensor cores, for example, take its already impressive 10.5tf up to 110tf. Analog circuitry provides faster approximations, requires less space on the die, less power, etc. while Intel has finally managed to master multicore processing enough to focus on distributed computing. Anyone else can do the same thing, but Intel makes everything imaginable and everyone is waiting for AMD as well to reveal more of what we can expect. Intel's latest 10nm chips are instant on and off, never forget where you were at, use half the display power, and have physics benchmarks that are off the charts, suggesting they've succeeded. The issue isn't how to make such consumer products, but how to make them cheap.

Its actually a little weird, because the EU is working on public quantum encryption, while the US pushes AI networking. As much as the US complains about everyone spying on them, they are among the biggest offenders, and even classify technology in order to prevent its being used to hide data from them. Until we have a theory of everything, even quantum encryption systems can be vulnerable.

 

I use Opera .

 

I don't use Chrome at all.
I use Opera and Firefox and Epic which is fantastic for privacy and doesn't log your whereabouts on line at all.

Epic Privacy Browser, a secure chromium-based web browser that protects your privacy and browsing history | a free VPN privacy browser

Mostly Opera though as I like it's easy to use VPN.
Plus I like it's app choices you can store on the home page.

 

I use both all the time. Browsers are better are different things. For general browsing, I use chrome. Mozilla's better now, but for like 3-4 years, chrome has a much better JavaScript interpretation engine.

Mozilla is actually good for privacy.

I'd really highly recommend a paid VPN. Worst case they can install root CA's.

Why You Should Stay Away From Free VPN Providers

 

So I still use both, everyday. I mostly use Firefox with lots of lock down extensions for my normal browsing. I fall back to Chrome (normally in incongito mode) if I need to hit an odd site that just won't work with all my lock downs, but that doesn't seem crazy suspicious. (I'm using FF here).

 

This all just makes me glad I almost never use either one.

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If you're using Microsoft browsers, you will be extremely soon. Like August.

Microsoft Edge Insider

If you're using anything else, you are using one of the other two. Safari is chromium, etc...