Epic79.0.3946.130

I spent five days testing this and I am done forever. From taking over default web calls (without my permission) to that nonsense about seeing how other browsers in your system are betraying you (which is accomplished by Epic doing its own snooping)... This browser has blown its reputation from the start in its own YDNTK nonsense and panic mongering. At best, it might serve those who do not want to or know how to control their own privacy, but even it that there are better, more sensible, more flexible alternatives for the savvy.

Here's and interesting quote from MacInTouch about browsers, specifically Google vs Epic, and the network each use. My money? I'd rather have Google: [We don't know what Google does behind the scenes with the astoundingly detailed and intimate dossier of information it gets on everyone, nor do we know who views every bit of our information that travels through Epic's network. In any case, we do know very well that governments, service providers and corporations are willing, able and active in monitoring everything we do. -Ric Ford]

I disagree with JCH2 I don't find anything about this Browser not delightful. It is a good Browser and I don't find it intrusive to my own privacy.It does not snoop ,I really don't know what this critic of Epic says.I think it does exactly what it says it does.5 stars for an excellent Browser.

"Give me White Hat any day over the Epic browser. Epic is too opaque, has 'captive' extensions (which altogether is suspicious), in addition to the aforementioned search engine. Aviator is made in the good ol' USA by a security company and was made for Mac before others demanded other platforms be supported."

I spent five days testing this and I am done forever. From taking over default web calls (without my permission) to that nonsense about seeing how other browsers in your system are betraying you (which is accomplished by Epic doing its own snooping)... This browser has blown its reputation from the start in its own YDNTK nonsense and panic mongering. At best, it might serve those who do not want to or know how to control their own privacy, but even it that there are better, more sensible, more flexible alternatives for the savvy.

Another interesting fork of Chromium, though I will stick with the original. As an aside.... Do not use AdBlock+ (Plus) in any browser. While defending you from trackers, it is recording what you do itself. Get something better (AdBlock, plain and simple) for your Chromium or Chro-fork. Combine it with these other two defense system (and install in the order listed): 1. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere 2. https://www.ghostery.com 3. https://getadblock.com/ And goodness gracious, if concerned about privacy, do not install them from an app-store. Get them at the source.

This is a rather fast browser with a very good import possibility of firefox bookmarks. The built in bookmark manager is very easy to use and makes it a joy to arrange bookmarks. Until now I have no problem to open my old websites at a reasonable speed.