Google Chrome
A web browser built for speed, stability and security.
What is Google Chrome?
A free web browser developed by Google from the open source 
Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, supports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history between multiple computers by your Google account.
Additionally, Chrome has PDF support built into the browser for better speed and security.
Chrome Web Apps and Extensions are available on
Chrome Web Store .
Available in more than 50 languages.
Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, supports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history between multiple computers by your Google account.Additionally, Chrome has PDF support built into the browser for better speed and security.
Chrome Web Apps and Extensions are available on
Chrome Web Store .Available in more than 50 languages.
Recent user activities on Google Chrome
- AltUsername thinks Brave is an alternative to Google Chrome
- knoeien_met_strooi thinks qutebrowser is an alternative to Google Chrome
- schwarzmetal added Security focused as a feature to Google Chrome
I was a die-hard Chrome fan for quite a few years, but recently I've mostly switched over to the un-hyped browser Waterfox. For some reason, I've never really liked Firefox much but I really just mesh well with the style of Waterfox - if you're looking for a browser that can match or even surpass Google Chrome in quality and style, check out Waterfox and see how you like it.
PRO's
Intergrated with all Google things
Bookmark Syncing between devices
Extensions sync between all desktop computers
Huge extention and theme selection
CON's
Resource hungry
The UI is a little outdated (Chrome is going to release a new UI It can be activated right now!)
No built-in VPN or Adblocker (Adblocker is included but only blocks spam ads)
Tracks its users
Bottom line: If your computer is powerful it should run Chrome pretty well and that huge selection of extensions is great! But the tracking is terrible. If you want to know how to enable the new UI here are the steps:
Visit: chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md
Then in “UI Layout for the browser’s top chrome” change the option from default to refresh (With touch screens Change Default to Touch Refresh)
Press the restart button and enjoy the new Chrome!
I do not use Chrome as my daily browser I use Mozilla Firefox , Opera Is another really great browser.
Strength:
• Widely use
Challenge:
• Google Chrome spies on you. By default Google Chrome tracks your activity on the internet. Via sync, cookies, and various methods. After Google collected your information, they sell it in covert ways to total strangers. This is part of Google business model. This is your reminder that Google is a for profit corporation. By collecting your data and linking it to you, Google put you at risk for data breaches.
Source 1:
______• https://usamash.org/science/google-chrome-tracking-browser-logging-people-26666466
______• Archived at https://archive.fo/HlNtn
Source 2:
______• https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-google-to-track-you-less-get-an-iphone-ditch-the-android/
______• Archived at https://archive.fo/jSJWQ
Source 3:
______• https://medium.com/digitalprivacywise/why-you-should-stop-using-google-chrome-6c934c9a827c
______• Archived at https://archive.fo/obRNf
• Google Chrome is own by a for-profit corporation. It is not owned by a not-for-profit community. Usually a corporation first priority is to hoard money. Not serve you and protect your privacy.
Suggestion:
• Use Mozilla Firefox instead of Chrome. Because Firefox does NOT spy on you. With Firefox those spy features are still available, but they are all deactivated by default. Try Firefox at https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
• Firefox version 60+ (Quantum) is presently FASTER than Chrome and use less memory than Chrome. Compare to previous versions of Firefox, the Quantum version is twice as fast, promote parallelism, and has more intuitive user interface.
______• Video at https://youtu.be/n6wiRyKkmKc
______• Read more and see performance test results at https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/quantum-performance-test/
______• Article at https://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-switch-from-google-chrome-to-firefox-1821879163
______• Archived article at https://archive.fo/XJEz7
• Firefox code is owned by a NOT-for-profit community. The Mozilla Foundation. Usually a real not-for-profit organization first priority is to serve you and protect your privacy. Not spy on you, not hoard money.
• If you need even stronger privacy than Firefox, you might be interested in Tor Browser at https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Which is powered by Firefox.
Using:
• Chrome 70 at 64-bit
• Firefox 63 at 64-bit
• Debian 9 Stretch at 64-bit
• GNOME 3.22
Fast, simple and secure. It's based in the open source project Chromium and their own code. And the released version pass from various beta applications and test before.
The bad things are privacy, if you care about this you should use Firefox instead of Google chrome.
Fast and widely use.
Google Chrome is worse than internet explorer and it tracks you and is made by a terrible company. No respect for freedom. IE was better than this at least IE was not a privacy invasion.
I think Chrome is terrible because it does not respect your privacy and is bloated and is made by an ad company Google