What is it with Microsoft Edge ?

@quitwhendone Chrome is owned by Google, so that's out of the question (for me at least). Firefox is ok but (a) it uses too much %CPU, (b) it's a bit slower than competing browsers (the rendering engine is showing its age), (c) in my opinion the developer tools that are built-in in Edge are far superior.

@helenS depends what you use it for. I use chrome for Netflix only , otherwise brave. Edge is not that good as they say,

@Khenpal1 I use a variety of web browsers, because I have to make sure my programs will run on all the major browsers.
My "fun browser" (for things like SW) is Apple's Safari.

@helenS I use Brave here and on youtube , I don't wanna see ads and all the trucking slows it down. In a year it saves me 30gb and 15h.

@helenS Yeah, well you're a developer. I'm just a network engineer. I use Google's Chrome with a fake name and info to make harvesting my personal data more difficult. And I use their incognito tab feature.

@Khenpal1 Thank you 🌷
I've never heard of Brave before.

@quitwhendone Consider using a VPN service to hide your location. Today I'm in Hyderabad.

@helenS And how are you?

@helenS India?

@quitwhendone Yes why not? Tomorrow my fake location may be Argentina. Or Brazil.

@helenS Which product do you use? And how much is it monthly?

@quitwhendone It's called SurfShark. They are fast and reliable, and for some I reason I was able to order their VPN service for only $2/month, for two years (so I paid $24 for 2 years)

@quitwhendone Going incognito, means you're not leaving local crumbs/history. You are still tracked by any wen sites you visit. Some use VPN to obfuscate their IP address, but this trick no longer works on certain sites, and your IP address is only one of the things used to track you.