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Haha I had thought the same! Whenever I manage to get that perfect Linux rice, or just figure out how to solve the annoying bug, I just feel like talking about it with someone. My normie friends will totally not understand what I'm saying so yeah, not fun talking.

@GiddyNaya Thanks a lot for that explanation! I finally understand about making techie/geek/dev friends! I would spend my dev time with people who actually understand the stuff, so I wasn't really aware of other people not having much time to spend. Thanks a ton for mentioning about time!

@NoToJavaScript Wow. I didn't know that Google was so desperate that the had to do such a thing. This makes my respect for Google even worse.

"On the whole, they only made the web slower", I felt that.

I've always wanted a dev friend, never got one. You could get friends here, the main reason I considered joining devRant :D

@VaderNT You had mentioned the in-built extensions making other browsers a 'memory hogging shitshow' right? I meant at least those extensions are useful. If you're getting those features for almost the same RAM/performance as Chrome, it would be much beneficial to use other browsers right? (not saying that you have to use it)

@AkshayTolwani Thanks a lot for clarifying the advantages of the news feed on Chrome! I can agree that Google has much more data and can be able to provide a more and focused news for oneself. I have almost all major browsers I could think of on my phone, and yes I agree the news on Chrome is much more accurate than the competitors. Sorry if I couldn't really figure out the news feed thing as I don't Chrome on my phone as a main browser.

@AkshayTolwani Yes, usability is a smooth ride on Chrome, but I would prefer the approach Vivaldi and Opera have taken over Chrome.

Firstly, Chrome's from Google, self explanatory.

I really appreciate the 'My Flow' (increases my productivity by a huge margin) and the news feed on Opera. It doesn't track your interests (as of what I know), but you can choose the topics you would wish to see.

Vivaldi has a syncing option too, but it isn't as feature rich as Opera.

(I have heard about Opera doing fishy businesses with your data, but I am not absolutely sure whether that is true.)

It would be really nice if you could mention an extension which only works on Chrome, and doesn't work on any other Chromium browser. I'm very curious to see what Chrome has as an advantage :D

@C0D4 Ooooh a new browser! How on earth I never came across Blisk? I think it's time to go browser hopping again! (totally a real term)

Their latest release was done more than an year ago, not sure whether that's how their releases work.

@NoToJavaScript If it was deliberate from the YouTube team, that would be very very interesting!

@SavvyArbitrary Well, I guess it is. I've been able to install extensions from the Chrome WebStore on Vivaldi and Opera. My friend has been able to do that on Brave too. So I think it is possible on any Chromium based browser.

@C0D4 @SavvyArbitrary (I might be wrong) You get the exact same devTools and can get any chrome extension on any chromium browser.

Am I wrong? I've seen everyone mention the Chrome extensions not be available on other Chromium based browsers.

@brocklee Ah yes, using the unused RAM would be beneficial, but I don't really think that Chrome would use less RAM if more is needed by other programs.

@Sandel3008 I can finally agree to simple usability of Chrome (cause you've been specific). Well, till date, I've only gotten random crashes on Chrome and Opera. No other browser has really crashed with my very heavy usage on it. So I really wasn't aware of the 'usability' you've just mentioned.

It's sad to see that you had to face all that glitches/errors/problems. I think you could remove that potentially dangerous thingy by just using the simple checkbox in the browser's settings.

@VaderNT At least the other browsers are a useful 'memory hogging shitshow'.

@SortOfTested It would be really nice if you could mention what you feel 'terrible' in all browsers :D

I wouldn't agree that all browsers suck. I've been exposed to even more browsers when I started using Linux, and I might've agreed that browsers suck on Windows. But still, there are much better options for Windows itself.

(by 'suck' I mean bad in terms of performance, features/bloat and stability)

And no, I don't use Brave if that's what you were thinking.

@uyouthe Exactly! Safari has a really nice minimal look but the standards....

Imo, you could replicate the look of almost any browser in Vivaldi. That's why it's my browser of choice for any ricing (customizing) stuff.

@uyouthe That's understandable. I also have to test many of my HTML5 games on Chrome (that's why you might see me rant mostly about performance). Lol I had gotten off Firefox just by it's looks too. Try Vivaldi, might take some time to get it the way you want, but totally worth it!

@F1973 I was being genuine haha

Anyways, have a nice day!

@F1973 I didn't really mean to emphasize performance only, nor I mean to ask the surroundings to change to me. I apologise if that's what I the rant had conveyed.

Yes, I do understand exactly why now, thanks a lot for the excellent explanation!

Sorry if I missed considering about the business side of things here. I just wanted to know about why would someone use Chrome instead of anything else. I don't mean to force any idea/browser here :D

@theKarlisK Not exactly sure about the Linux support, I had switched to Vivaldi just cause Opera (for me) sucked on Linux. Whenever I tried installing the main Vivaldi package on a Linux distro, it automatically installs the wide vine plugin. So far on the distros I've tried it, no issues.

@F1973 I'm really sorry if I've been vague here, I'll make sure I don't do so in the future! Thanks for letting me know!

@melezorus34 Haha extensions can be very helpful, that's why I prefer Chromium based browsers. There might be other Chromium browsers offering better performance than Brave, although I haven't tried them out yet.

@F1973 Well, that's a point I would agree to. I understand that the user experience Chrome offers is much cleaner than others, but are other browsers really not as intuitive as Chrome? I don't have much knowledge regarding UX, and I think many people would appreciate the productivity benefits offered by other browsers by just taking some time to get used to it.

@melezorus34 but why exactly Chrome? I'm really curious why would someone exactly choose Chrome over anything else.

EDIT: Btw, did you try Brave? You could get really good performance with Brave, that too a Chromium based browser!