The main reason why I have been using Chrome for so long is because it is the only browser that fulfilled my preference and value of a simple, clean web browser that did only its job of browsing the web with no extra unrelated features bolted on, although I acknowledge that it’s one of the worst for privacy. I did try a few alternatives with Brave, Firefox, and Edge but I always found myself coming back to Chrome because it just worked and remained being a clean browser while the others suffered from feature-creep with extra bloat gradually being bolted on top over time. However, now with AI in the mix and Google gradually adding Gemini into Chrome, I feel that its main advantage for me is coming to an end. So now I am on the hunt for an alternative that gives me a similar clean experience that Chrome has given me for the longest time, one of which that does not have tons of gimmicks and AI features that I don’t find useful. For this, I’m looking at a Firefox-Chromium pairing to replace Chrome for me.