I was using Brave which is built on the chrome engine but is suppose to be more secure, I say was because after I updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10, Brave does not seem to want to load web pages. I was using the most current build and even tried the beta but no luck, Chrome works but not Brave. 
I might go with Firefox or Opera but I do like that Chrome remembers your favorite sites, whatever computer I install it on I have my favorites in my favorites bar after signing in.  

Google, Facebook, and countless others prove that spyware is legal and highly profitable.

Good old Internet Explorer.  I guess I'm a dinosaur lover.

I'm using Microsoft Edge Developers edition, it uses Chrome source codes, along with others, and I'm liking it, I can't say if it's "spying" or not, I'm sure it's like all the others, just my opinion.   

https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download

Quoting ALMonty,

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Chrome is a resource hog even when you shut it down it still runs in the background just open your task manager. People complain about bloat ware on their computer and still use Chrome.

I use Edge and IE (and yes I have Chrome installed as a backup). I never understood why people use so many browsers on their computer when they all do the same thing.   

Maybe on your computer, not on mine. It will depend on what you have enabled for extensions but I have several loaded and my computer barely notices it. You can also stop chrome from running in the background. 

I never trusted Google from word go and never will. I never understood why Google needed acres and acres of data banks worldwide.... unless it was actively seeking, collecting and storing everyones data for purposes of its own.

I had somebody once say: "But Google makes so many great apps and provides so many wonderful services."

I responded thusly: "Ah, but there is a self-serving agenda behind each and every one of those services and apps.  Yes, the services are often useful, tempting and inviting, but [keeping the self-serving agenda in mind] it is much easier and more cost efficient to corrall all the sheep in more manageable packages: ie; the services with tracking and data collection abilities.  And those great apps, which can also track, etc, are just services conveniently packaged so users can take them anywhere and everywhere on portable devices.... meaning Google knows exactly where you/they are at any given time.

I've heard far too often; 'but using Google apps and services' has never harmed me'.  That may be so, thus far, but you never know what Google is willing to do to further its own agenda and advantage.

Firefox Sync has done this for years as well.

I switch back Firefox yesterday since Chrome is giving me that double post problem. It work fine and I don't need to exclude it from WB.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

Here is what you are dealing with.

I have found Google useful over the years and sometimes those

search result links are better than bookmarks.

I've been using Firefox and Chrome, and am not happy with either. Firefox used to be my preferred browser, but in the past yeatrs it became a memory hog. As for Chrome, while it uses a separate process for each tab, it doesn't seemt to use as much memory as Firefox. But that greatly depends on the sites I visit.

That said, I've switched off everything I can in my OS and browser settings to prevent data mining of any kind - and that does include quite a few obscure things that you can only find when duck-duck-go-ing for it (you didn't expect I would be 'googling' for it, did you?). In the end, I can say that while I do get my share of targeted advertising, my system and browser experience is pretty much clear of obscure processes, data being sent behind my back, or stuff being sent to me without asking. SPAM in my inbox (spam folder, actually) does never reference any online identity I use - they're only mass mails, and that makes them easy to recognize, and managable.

So, independently of the browser you use, if you are always careful not to give out any more information on the web than is absolutely neccessary, and spend some effort to make your system and browsers behave, you can be relatively safe.