Engine aside, there is a build of Chromium that is runnable as a browser like Chrome but without all of the extra Google bells and whistles. It's the same icon but with shades of blue instead of the Chrome colors. It's common on Linux.
It may be much harder to get away from Google/Alphabet than you think. Most browsers are based on Chromium open source code.
Maybe your thinking Brave browser, yup Brave is Chromium based. Microsoft Edge is Chromium based. Mozilla is Gecko-based. Mozilla name was formed from Mosaic Killer. Mosaic based browsers were IBM Webexplorer, and Internet explorer 1.x
Why anyone would use chrome is beyond me.
Get away from Google/Alphabet services. "but it's convenient" is not a valid excuse to continue, especially with alternatives.
In some application environments Chrome, or Chromium based Edge browser are only supported options.
What do you use?
Brave or a de-googled Chromium
What is de-googled Chromium?
Both Brave and Chrome are both build from Chromium engine (See Chromium Project). Mozilla is built on Gecko-based engine.
Engine aside, there is a build of Chromium that is runnable as a browser like Chrome but without all of the extra Google bells and whistles. It's the same icon but with shades of blue instead of the Chrome colors. It's common on Linux.
It may be much harder to get away from Google/Alphabet than you think. Most browsers are based on Chromium open source code.
Maybe your thinking Brave browser, yup Brave is Chromium based. Microsoft Edge is Chromium based. Mozilla is Gecko-based. Mozilla name was formed from Mosaic Killer. Mosaic based browsers were IBM Webexplorer, and Internet explorer 1.x
Good point, anon, alternatives like Firefox, Pale Moon, etc. exist to fight it anons.
Firefox is as bad as Google now. Just FYI.
Also, Chromium is open source. Chrome is not. You can see what it does.
On the non-chromium side there's pale moon Chromium isn't bad, just the Chrome google bs.