Firefox eating all RAM on Ubuntu24.04

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2024-08-13 at 14:25 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> MS have some decent s/w in the guise of Edge

I forgot to second this. Full ACK! But like Chrome, it has got a
pitfall. The reason that I mentioned my iPads is, that in the iStore
there is detailed information related to privacy.

Under Linux they can't do what they want to do, hence privacy is a
little bit better. However, from those mentioned chromethingyish
browsers Vivaldi is the way most private web browser.

Chrome
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-chrome/id535886823

"Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Financial Info
Location
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Search History
Browsing History
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Other Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your
identity:

User Content
Diagnostics"




Google
######

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google/id284815942

"Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Financial Info
Location
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Search History
Browsing History
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Other Data"



Microsoft Edge
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-edge-ai-browser/id1288723196

"Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Browsing History
Identifiers
Diagnostics

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your
identity:

Usage Data
Diagnostics"



Vivaldi
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vivaldi-powerful-web-browser/id1633234600

"Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your
identity:

Location
Identifiers"




Brave
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brave-private-web-browser-vpn/id1052879175

"Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your
identity:

Identifiers
Usage Data"

But they say that people have become homophobic and racist as a result
of using Brave. I don't want to risk such an exhausting life full of
fear and hatred.

Hence, from the googl'ish, the best choice seems to be Vivaldi.