google chrome wants me to update to new version

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 03:47:07PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 15:13, J. Paul Bissonnette <jpaulb at eastlink.ca> wrote:
> >
> > OT
> > Isn't chrome known to send your browser history back to Google? Or is
> > that fake news?
> 
> It sends lots of telemetry. So does Windows.
> 
> I don't care. I pay for my Google account, because it delivers stuff I
> want and this way I get some comeback.
> 
> I am not a GNU puritan; I want my computer to work, to do what I need,
> with the minimum of fuss. That's why I run Ubuntu on my laptops rather
> than Debian or Fedora, which make me do more work.
> 
> Chrome works well for web2 stuff. I use Waterfox for general browsing.
> 
> Chromium is more work and doesn't work as well, so I don't bother.
> 
> But if Chromium does all you need, by all means use it. Or Iron or
> Ungoogled Chromium or something.
> 
> Just not Brave, 'cos those guys are dodgy. They rewrite referrer
> links, they deal in cryptocurrencies, and other shady things. Say no
> to Brave.
> 
I moved from Firefox to Vivaldi a month or so ago, so far I'm really
impressed and it's supposedly quite good for one's privacy.  In
addition it's very Chrome compatible so one can use Chrome extensions
and Chrome help and documentation works in the main.

-- 
Chris Green