Google Chrome; Why change browser

Is it time to stop using Chrome? A browser that very often consumes a lot of resources in the computer and specifically in memory is first in the preferences of the public for a very long time.

Chrome came out first in a poll we did inside iGuRu.gr (you can see it in the Support Group of our Facebook page), something I personally did not like.

Memory

Yes it is now known that Chrome clogs your device's memory and consumes its entire lifetime batterys. Google tests experimentally very often characteristics to reduce this problem, but it does not seem to have succeeded to date.

Even worse, Google recently disabled a RAM saving feature developed by Microsoft to allow Windows 10 users to narrow down the Chrome issue by reporting performance issues.

There are many factors behind Chrome resource abuse behavior, and they seem to exist only in Chrome. Other Chromium-based browsers, such as Edge Chromium and Brave, do not consume as many resources as Chrome. Not even Chromium-based browsers like Safari and Firefox.

Advertisements

Google's business model is based on advertisements and many of the targeted ads you see on the web come from Google (or come from the data it collects). To make sure users still see and interact with these ads, Google limits the types of ads that content blocking extensions like AdBlock can disable, making an ad-free Chrome experience impossible. Yes, you can block some ads, but not all.

However, browsers such as Opera and Vivaldi browsers offer Chrome-based browsing (Chromium-based) without ads. They also block site trackers and generally provide better privacy and security features.

Chrome privacy checks are not as complete

Chrome is able to keep your browsing activity and personal data out of the hands of hackers, but not from Google itself.

To be fair, Google's privacy controls are better than ever. The company now allows users to view some of the data that Google collects, and Google Accounts has a default setting that allows deleted data to be automatically deleted. However, there are many techniques that Google uses to collect and share your information anyway.

Chrome tracks the data and stores it as legally as possible on Google's servers, especially if you are constantly signed in to your Google account. Google tracks you differently than hackers who collect information about your browsing activity, but this still poses significant privacy risks, especially if a server with wrong settings start leaking your personal information.

After all, is it the best browser?

Chromium browsers are sleek, fast and easy to use. For years, Chrome was the best browser based on Chromium, and because of that, users did not see its peculiarities and disadvantages.

But integrating Chrome seamlessly with other Google applications and services is convenient for those who use them. Others who are less closely connected to the Google ecosystem may try another Chromium-based browser, or why not Firefox.

There are currently some very good Chromium-based alternatives. With them you can even use Gmail, Google Drive, YouTube and other Google web applications.

Find a new browser

Ready to launch Chrome? Read from pages you trust.

Personally, I have been using the Firefox browser for many years, but there are many options. Even pre-installed browsers like Microsoft Edge (Chromium) or Apple's Safari, Firefox on Linux distributions seem to be better than a non-compliant Chrome.