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Stefano Marinelli | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 As time unfolds, it's disheartening to see #Google #Chrome slowly becoming the new Internet Explorer. 

#WebBrowsing #BrowserWars #IT
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8fb29afe | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5f9bb1a8 “Chrome is the new IE” is well known and said for more than 10 years, now… It’s just worsening, version after version.
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aaa54344 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5f9bb1a8 I don't remember why but I used Chrome first time on Android 2.3  I guess a website required it. When I attempted to create an account to store favourites etc, it said it will upload all browser activity/history to Google for better advertising. I am still amazed that technical people, not just tech ignorant accepted this and use Chrome.
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091834f5 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5f9bb1a8 worse than that : a lot of foss web browsers use the chromium engine internally. I guess the problematic code is removed or going to be, but still, we could do with more alternatives than just firefox.

Don't get me wrong, firefox is great, but having more choices is also a good thing.
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5daaab7a | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5f9bb1a8 @eab4f050 It's amazing how there was a lawsuit against Microsoft for bundling a browser with their OS back in the day and today we have... well everything Google, Apple and Microsoft are doing.