---
title: "We Should Stop Using Chromium-based Browsers"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-should-stop-using-chromium-based-browsers-3mm82fxls
source_url: https://spin.atomicobject.com/stop-using-chromium/
type: article
source: "Atomic Spin"
published: 2024-01-16T13:02:26.903Z
updated: 2024-01-16T13:02:25.703Z
tags: ["privacy", "browsers", "firefox"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 17
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# We Should Stop Using Chromium-based Browsers

**[Atomic Spin](https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject)** · 3 min read · 17 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

Chromium-based browsers, owned by Google, have a monopoly on user data and internet access, limiting creativity and innovation. Google's planned changes using Manifest v3 will impact adblockers. Switching to Firefox is recommended for privacy and freedom.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://spin.atomicobject.com/stop-using-chromium/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@hasanmahmud92** · 3 upvotes

> Firefox all the way!!!

**@niemann** · 3 upvotes

> No shit.. I donate to the Mozilla Foundation every month just in spite of Google

**@randy** · 0 upvotes

> So, to get Arc-like features, I have to install something directly from GitHub (what a PITA)...
>
> And then there's this gem:
>
> > ... Safari even.
>
> So... the slowest browser out there? No thanks.
>
> The right answer to this is to pressure your congressmen. Don't let them allow Google to run the internet. Also, when you sign into Google and they give you that stupid survey, tell them you don't trust them; maybe they'll listen (I doubt it, but they are data ~~kings~~ queens).

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Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#firefox](https://daily.dev/tags/firefox)

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