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Ask HN: Do you still recommend Chrome to non-tech friends and family?

3 pointsby gargsmsalmost 2 years ago
As a forever Firefox person myself, I have always advised people seeking browser advice to give Firefox a try. For very close ones, I might have gone ahead and migrated their data. Pretty much none ever seemed to notice the differences because the UX is about the same at this point.<p>But with Google handing out death to the open web with a thousand cuts - latest being the WEI proposal, Manifest v3, FLoC, dreaded and forced AMP; I feel curious if you still use Chrome and recommend it to non techies?<p>If yes, please elaborate on the love - it would be a good exercise in building patience for me :) If not, what was the tipping point?

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MilnerRoutealmost 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve always used Firefox, and I tell friends to use it.<p>Mostly because Firefox has killer features like keyword bookmarks and search keywords, and once you&#x27;ve set up a few it&#x27;s really hard to live without them. (Even if you could recreate them all in another browser.) Plus: it&#x27;s not owned by Google. It&#x27;s from the open source community. It traces its lineage back to Netscape.<p>Someone on HN once suggested using multiple browsers - so for sites you log into, there&#x27;s one dedicated browser, but general web surfing happens in a separate browser (which makes it harder to track).