It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.


If you had to pick a chromium variant, which is the least horrible?
I enjoy Vivaldi and Ungoogled Chromium when things don’t work in Gecko engine.
I primarily use LibreWolf. Mullvad for scenarios when I need privacy, and Tor + VPN when I need maximum privacy and anonymity.
Vanadium
I trust Vanadium but it’s not the best if you like your web ad-free.
Anything chromium based won’t be best for the web.
Brave