It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • Elgenzay@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Seconded. I tried Librewolf. Opening the inspector would freeze up some sites. Brave runs better on my machine for some reason. Also i use profiles.

    I just got an Orion linux beta invite so i’ll try that now, and hopefully Ladybird releases soon, but I’ve been reluctantly using Brave in the meantime. Vivaldi might also be a better alternative, but still chromium