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== Alternative browsers to Chrome ==

== Alternative browsers to Chrome ==

*[[Mozilla Firefox]] - uses its own ("Gecko") engine instead of Chromium's "Blink" engine. Best used with a quality ad-blocker, such as uBlock Origin.

*'''[[Mozilla Firefox]]''' - uses its own ("Gecko") engine instead of Chromium's "Blink" engine. Best used with a quality ad-blocker, such as uBlock Origin.

*[[Brave (web browser)|Brave]] - Based on Google Chrome, but with some privacy improvements and an adequate ad blocker built-in. Good for privacy, but enables tracking for Facebook and Twitter by default. Uses Google's Blink engine.

*'''[[Brave (web browser)|Brave]]''' - Based on Google Chrome, but with some privacy improvements and an adequate ad blocker built-in. Good for privacy, but enables tracking for Facebook and Twitter by default. Uses Google's Blink engine.

*[[Microsoft Edge]] - better on power usage than Chrome. Although it is basically Google chrome under Microsoft labeling, some Google trackers seem to have been removed, or replaced with Microsoft trackers. Also includes some UI changes from Microsoft, intended to be a value-add.

*'''[[Microsoft Edge]]''' - better on power usage than Chrome. Although it is basically Google chrome under Microsoft labeling, some Google trackers seem to have been removed, or replaced with Microsoft trackers. Also includes some UI changes from Microsoft, intended to be a value-add.

*Slimbrowser, Slimboat (discontinued in 2016), and [[Slimjet]] - have built-in ad blockers and don't report back to Google and Chrome. They are versatile and customizable. Slimbrowser originally used the Trident engine (but may have switched to the Firefox engine), Slimboat used QtWebKit, and Slimjet uses the blink engine.

*'''Slimbrowser''' and '''[[Slimjet]]''' - have built-in ad blockers and don't report back to Google and Chrome. They are versatile and customizable. Slimbrowser originally used the Trident engine (but may have switched to the Firefox engine), and Slimjet uses the blink engine.

*[[SRWare Iron]] - uses the Blink engine of Chrome. Doesn't report activity history to the publisher or anyone else.

*'''[[SRWare Iron]]''' - uses the Blink engine of Chrome. Doesn't report activity history to the publisher or anyone else. Purports to be open source, although they have been inconsistant about actually releasing their source code.

*[[Internet Explorer]] was a feature-rich browser. Many sites used to work well with this browser, including Yahoo! and Bing. However, it suffered from many security issues over the years, and tended to run slower than the alternatives. Microsoft ended support for IE11 (the last version) in 2020. Many sites no longer support Internet Explorer, especially graphics-intensive sites, and services which require modern DRM support.

*'''[[Internet Explorer]]''' (discontinued) was a feature-rich browser. Many sites used to work well with this browser, including Yahoo! and Bing. However, it suffered from many security issues over the years, and tended to run slower than the alternatives. Microsoft ended support for IE11 (the last version) in 2020. Many sites no longer support Internet Explorer, especially graphics-intensive sites, and services which require modern DRM support.

== Alternatives to Android ==

== Alternatives to Android ==