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So, what kind of data is chrome collecting exactly? My passwords, my history? And what are they doing with it? You're making me want to switch, despite the speed...
Passwords, no. History, search terms, browsing habits, those sort of things. These data points paint a picture of how you use the Internet and help to target advertising to you. On the surface, it's pretty innocuous, but it's still more data than a lot of people like to give out.
Chrome is a fast browser, but when the difference in rendering speeds amount to tenths of a second, it's really not noticeable under normal conditions. Although both Safari and Chrome handily outpace Firefox, I actually think Firefox "feels" faster since it doesn't paint each individual element of page while it's loading. Instead, it just renders it and pops it up immediately.
I've struggled to find a single compelling reason to switch to Chrome. The interface is pretty awful, it lacks the useful add-on library of Firefox, and it doesn't handle RSS feeds all that well (well, to be fair, nothing does it as well as Firefox). In my view, it's yet-another-webkit-browser, and not exactly a spectacular one at that.
I'd love to hear some of the reasons that Mac users use Chrome. There's got to be something I'm just not seeing. Between WebKit browsers, I'd say Safari offers more polish and features. Personally, I use Firefox just because I'm used to it, I also like its in-page searching, gesture support and RSS feed handling.
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