---
title: "I quit Google Chrome after 15 years: Here’s where I ended up and why"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-quit-google-chrome-after-15-years-here-s-where-i-ended-up-and-why-wwiihx9lv
source_url: https://www.laptopmag.com/software/browsers-search-engines/i-quit-google-chrome-after-15-years-heres-where-i-ended-up-and-why
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-10-30T18:33:31.927Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["webdev", "google", "microsoft", "performance", "google-chrome", "privacy", "browsers", "firefox", "chromium"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 326
comments: 65
language: en
---

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# I quit Google Chrome after 15 years: Here’s where I ended up and why

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 7 min read · 326 upvotes · 65 comments

## Summary

Laptop Mag: I quit Google Chrome after 15 years and decided it was time to take a break from Google Chrome. Chrome is impressively intuitive and well laid out — something that not every browser can wear as a badge of pride. The last week and change have been an eye-opener of sorts.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@fadamakis** · 20 upvotes

> Give [Arc Browser](https://arc.net/) a try!

**@kyoukhana** · 17 upvotes

> My favorite browser is FireFox.

**@sdev** · 8 upvotes

> I'm glad to see a honest an kinda impartial review of the browser. I do also use Firefox. Not the fastest but I like everything else better. And the speed difference is not worth my data. I disagree with one point, chromium based browsers could become less popular if Google starts forcing more advertisements, which I think is their end game. We will see!

**@afcm** · 4 upvotes

> I followed the exact opposite path.
>
> Was using Firefox at start, realized how much features it lacks, struggled with non working video decoding (despite being the pre-installed browser in Fedora Workstation).
>
> So I moved to Brave, but if everything worked fine at first, I encountered many slowdowns (on a 2023 gaming PC!), some websites were telling me my version of chrome was outdated (!) and there were all this annoying crypto stuff.
>
> So ultimately I switched to Chrome, which was better than EVERY other browser I tried on performance, UI/UX and features.
>
> The two browsers I would like to...

**@miguel\_angel\_reyes\_moreno** · 4 upvotes

> My main browser is Brave... it even pays me for using it! Nothing beats that.

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#firefox](https://daily.dev/tags/firefox), [#chromium](https://daily.dev/tags/chromium)

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