I avoided Google for years, but one of my techie reservists convinced me that Chrome is just the best engine. I switched from Firefox and haven’t regretted it.
I have a mac and use safari. Love it. No ads, no issues...just smooth surfing.
Chrome=Google...
I recently picked up a Galaxy S-8 and had a heck of a time finding a good browser. I finally settled on Chrome for everything BUT Free Republic. FR on Chrome was just too hard to navigate...to many finger expansions, too much swiping/maneuvering to try to pull articles into focus and centered on the screen.
I use UC Browser for FR (only) now. It has a few “bulky/inconvenient” features, but for straight out pulling up a page in readable form, it’s the best so far. The only caveat...it’s Chinese...so it’s probably sucking up every password and user id I have ever used on my phone. But then, so is Google probably. ;-)
As a general rule, the Nazis also made very fine equipment, though I think it would have been a mistake for people to have bought it because this would have supported that organization financially.
Besides that, Google is about the most spyingest organization currently in existence.
I don't knowingly use anything GOOGLE.
BTW, is Algore still on their board?