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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mort96 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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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braebo 7 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	mort96 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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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bogzz a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I made the switch almost exactly two years ago now-- couldn't be happier. I picked PopOS.

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estimator7292 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.