Firefox or Chrome

Carol gave me an article to read recently which I have to say, was quite freaky. I am a Google fan in many ways, and I like Chrome. I’ve become used to browsing in Chrome, and it is the browser I use the most, although I also have IE, Edge, and Firefox open.
 
I use multiple browsers at once, as they are signed in with different userid’s for various purposes. Chrome has the most tabs open for me, but I think that’s about to change. I know a lot of folks have talked about how weird it is that they will look at an ad for a Toyota, let’s say, and then every page they go on after that will be showing Toyotas for sale.
 
That’s not a coincidence. Google does that on purpose, that’s how they make money. Google is in the business of collecting data on YOU, and they use Chrome as a way to do that. I know that sounds a little paranoid, but as the saying goes, are you really paranoid if somebody IS following you?
 
I’m going to put out there 3 articles, from actual journalistic organizations. The one Carol sent me is HERE.

Another article I read was from some Firefox employees that started out friendly with Google. They then seemed to think Google was sabotaging Firefox. You can read that HERE.

Finally, an article about how Google tracks you and some ways to claim back a bit of your privacy, right HERE.
 
Ultimately, it’s a tradeoff. The really creepy stuff that happens is when we just TALK about stuff at home, and then the ads on that start appearing. The fact is, we expect a lot for free, and that’s not how business works. What we think is free from Google is actually paid for with our data, and our privacy. If you don’t care, then you’re in luck because that’s our future. If you do care, then you will have a difficult time doing anything about it. I, for one, am going to move over to Firefox as my primary browser. I’m still going to use Chrome, just not as much.