[yefim]

Does this apply to Chromium? Because if not, I'm definitely switching.

[lensi]

Why not move to Firefox? They actually want what's best for us. Check out the Developer Edition.

[dingo_bat]

Because it is slow. For me, just scrolling on the fb news feed is slightly janky, with missed frames all the time. Just can't stand it.

[rawfan]

Check out Vivaldi. It uses Chromes blink engine and packs lots of nice features. My subjective impression is that it's also faster and consumes less memory.

[beefsack]

Chromium is mostly unencumbered by Google bloatware, honestly it's the version most people should be using.

[awqrre]

"Features that communicate with Google made available through the compilation of code in Chromium are subject to the Google Privacy Policy."

from https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-privacy

[mthoms]

Any idea what specifically they are referring to?

There is at least some "communication with Google" that could be considered innocuous. For example - accessing their Safe Browsing API (also used by Safari and Firefox).

[witty_username]

Probably signing in with your Google Account on Chromium.

[adamst85]

One reason I have to use Chrome (over Chromium) is so I can use Netflix due to DRM plugin required: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+...

Otherwise I agree, Chromium is faster and has less suprises

[beefsack]

I use Netflix in Chromium via chromium-widevine (in the AUR if you use Arch.)

[zzleeper]

What are the practical differences? (Most of my searches come up with 2014ish stuff..)

[tgsovlerkhgsel]

You can also opt out (or maybe even just not opt in), or don't sign in to Chrome.

[jalami]

I hadn't seen your post before I posted, but there's Chromium Inox which tries to remove the Google from Chromium you might want to check out.

[fapjacks]

Also Iridium browser.