Frost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square1011fedilinkarrow-up13.32Karrow-down192file-text
arrow-up13.23Karrow-down1external-linkIf you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox nowwww.fastcompany.comFrost Wolf@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1011fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMrGeekman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIsn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?
minus-squareGigglyBobble@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoNope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That’s why projects aiming to “ungoogle” it exist.
minus-squareMrGeekman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoRight, but just because a browser is based on Chromium doesn’t mean it has the Google spyware, right?
minus-squareChozo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoChromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.
Isn’t Chromium basically Chrome without the spyware?
Nope. Chromium is the open source basis of Chrome but also developed almost exclusively by Google and already that one calls Google webservices. That’s why projects aiming to “ungoogle” it exist.
Right, but just because a browser is based on Chromium doesn’t mean it has the Google spyware, right?
Not necessarily
Chromium is the open source project that Chrome is based on.