[Spirochete]

where do you get ungoogled chromium?

GitHub Downloads for Ungoogled Chromium

There are a few things you need to know:

All of the Google dependencies, Google telemetry, and Google spying have been stripped out. This means no automatic updates and the Chrome Web store for extensions and themes is broken. The website works but the "Add To Chromium" button is missing.

You can download and manually install an extension that restores the Web Store's "Add" button - Link: Chromium.Web.Store.crx. Download the crx file, then drag-drop it onto the chrome://extensions page ... voilà! An extension that allows you to get more extensions.

[Bob434]

Thanks for that info- I’ll check that out- i wanna get rid of firefox, but don’t liek all the google dependent/infused alternative browsers

[ducttape45]

That’s really good information to know. Thanks for sharing that.

[daniel1212]

Yes, Google's telemetry, dependencies, and spying?are added by Google to the Chromium- base. The source code can be compiled into a web browser.

Chrome has features that are not present in a default Chromium build. However, some are enabled or manually added to a Chromium build, for Linux distributions.^[17]

• Auto-update capability
• API keys for some Google services
• The Widevine digital rights management module
• Licensed codecs for the popular H.264 video and AAC audio formats
• Tracking mechanisms for usage and crash reports

  As for options, I am not sure if Chrome even enables Ctrl+Tab toggle btwn most recently opened tabs yet. As if no one opens more than 2 or 3 tabs.

  And

  Upon its first release in September 2008 Chromium was criticized for storing saved passwords in a manner so that any casual user of a computer can easily read them from the GUI. Chromium users have filed many bug reports and feature requests asking for a master password option to access stored passwords, but Chromium developers have consistently insisted that this provides no real security against knowledgeable hackers. Users have argued that it would protect against co-workers or family members borrowing a computer and seeing the stored passwords in clear text. In December 2009, Chromium developer P. Kasting stated: "A master password was issue 1397. That issue is closed. We will not implement a master password. Not now, not ever. Arguing for it won't make it happen. 'A bunch of people would like it' won't make it happen. Our design decisions are not democratic. You cannot always have what you want."[24][25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Differences_from_Google_Chrome

  Yet despite its minimal interface and few options (yet better than Edge), because of mobile devices and marketing, and a largely superficial public, look at the

  Usage share of web browsers

  NetMarketShare October 2020 desktop share[22]
  Google Chrome			69.53%
  Microsoft Edge			9.71%
  Mozilla Firefox			7.15%
  Internet Explorer			4.53%
  Safari			3.92%
  QQ browser			1.49%
  Sogou Explorer			1.35%
  Opera			0.9%
  Yandex Browser			0.84%
  UC Browser			0.29%
  Other			0.29%		Then (besides legacy Firefox family browsers) there is

  Vivaldi - Download

  Vivaldi is a freeware, cross-platform web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Tatsuki Tomita and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who was the co-founder and CEO of Opera Software. Vivaldi was officially launched on April 6, 2016.[10][11]

  Although intended for general users, it is first and foremost targeted towards technically-inclined users as well as former Opera users disgruntled by its transition from the Presto layout engine to a Chromium-based browser that resulted in the loss of many of its iconic features.[10][12] Despite also being Chromium-based, Vivaldi aims to revive the features of the Presto-based Opera with its own proprietary modifications.[13][14] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)