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- -One day, probably after my father upgraded the PC to Windows 7, -the default browser was changed to some colorful ball looking thing. -And its name was Google Chrome. - -Not much have changed with my browsing experience as I didn't use much internet back then - I didn't even know that YouTube was a thing - -but the switch is worth mentioning because it made Chrome the browser that I grew up with instead of IE. - -## Switching to Linux - -By the time I was in grade 8 I considered myself to be quite a tech-savvy person. -I knew how the internet worked behind the scene, I was able code basic programs, had some experience with Machine Learning and Linux, -was interested in various online privacy and security issues, and was no stranger to the DIY culture. -That, added with the fact that Microsoft was making Windows worse by day made me make the switch to Linux. -And along the way, I ditched Google Chrome for Chromium. - -In hindsight, I could have chose a better browser like firefox but I chose Chromium because I couldn't Ctrl+W away pinned tabs. -Sounds silly now but it was a big deal back then since the only browser I was familiar with was Google Chrome. - -Anyways, despite the poor decision, -this is probably the most important day in my search for the ultimate browser since it was the first major change I made on my own. - -## Not enough - -When I made the switched to Chromium, I was disappointed to see no changes in my browsing experience whatsoever. -Maybe if I used more advanced features I would have felt the difference but Chromium even supported account syncing back then -so I didn't experience any. -Familiarity isn't what I singed up for when I switched to Linux so I needed to find a new browser. - -After constantly switching browser every couple of weeks for the next two years, -trying many, many different browsers, I finally settled on one: librewolf. - -## Is this it? - -I could write an entire post just listing what librewolf does things right but to keep things simple: -it is not an obscure browser, it is secure, and it respects my privacy. -To put it simply, it was the ultimate browser I was desperately looking for. - -After configuring librewolf to suit my need, I was happiest I've ever been using a browser. -It created no cookies I didn't need, all my favorite extensions were there, and most importantly, I felt secure. -Not a single site was broken (at the time), and the only problem I had was the lack of performance. -I had to use chromium for io games that needed juicy 3 digit fps but other than that, I was satisfied. -I used librewolf all the way until I entered college. - -## I came for copper but I found gold - -Librewolf slowly lost its charm when firefox - the browser librewolf is based on - -was going in a direction I didn't like and some college related sites started breaking on librewolf. -I also never got used to opening chromium every other day. -One day, I was so fed up with the problems librewolf had that I decided to replace librewolf. - -I considered using raw chromium again since they removed much of google-specific code, -but then I remembered that ungoogled chromium was a thing. - -When I first saw ungoogled chromium way beck when I was trying different browsers, -it didn't really piqued my interest because back then I was heavily reliant on google's services -but now I barely use them at all so I knew it would work perfectly for me now. - -I quickly configured ungoogled chromium to delete cookies and histories on exit, installed some of my favorite extensions, -and changed some security related settings and I was shocked to see how closely it resembled the feelings of librewolf. -As a added bonus, I don't have to open another browser to play io games. - -## Conclusion - -For now, I'm more than satisfied with ungoogled chromium but it's still far from being perfect. -Though most if not all google-specific code was removed, -the original code is written by Google and some of the borderline spyware features could potentially find its way to my computer. - -Currently I'm not actively looking for the ultimate browser (and I don't think it even exists yet), -but I'm ready ditch ungoogled chromium the first chance I get. -I'll make sure to make a follow-up post if that ever happens.