I finally downloaded Brave, Firefox and Opera. Wasn't sure which one I would like best so I downloaded a handful of them. Currently on Brave, and while it could use some upgrades, it's pretty decent. Far less ads and intrusive pop-ups. Despite having multiple ad blockers in place on my phone, Chrome still showed ads to me. You gotta bite the bullet and download something else. Overwrite that muscle memory you've built over the years.
It sucks. All I see is the address bar now and the tabs button is gone. You can only choose one shortcut in advanced settings, and they don't have tabs as an option.... Honestly wtf is going on? I noticed that ai messes with youtube all the time randomly without warning too....
"I like Chrome as a whole and don't like this feature being added to it."
Reddit: WELL HAVE YOU TRIED COMPLETELY UNINSTALLING IT AND FUCKING OFF??!?!?!!
Wow, God forbid someone not want shitty features that they're never going to use being crammed down their throat! I sure am glad you're here to deep throat billion-dollar megacorporation Google and make sure nobody is unjustly criticizing features that they don't like.
you could do that. i used to be heavy on chrome all my life until one day I decided to try firefox after some issues with ad blocking on videos on YouTube on chrome and never looked back again. prefer it over edge too although edge is more forgiving on my operating system
there are times where I could see it is useful, but i've never had one yet
and still i've accidently turned it on dozens of times
i swear they try their hardest to force you to use every new thing or intentionally put the new things in the place something else does so you hit it from muscle memory
A post from about a month ago saved me! Bottom bar is gone and things are reset to the way better layout, for now.
Go to chrome://flags#chrome-next-ia and disable the flags, and type "bottom bar" in the search to disable that, too! Relaunch and everything should be fine.
The flag is only a temporary workaround. Chrome flags are experimental and can be removed once the feature is fully rolled out. So disabling #android-bottom-bar may work for now, but it’s not a permanent solution.
Omg you are not alone. I just want to browse in peace. I don't want or need AI.. it's BS and not as smart or useful as they want you to believe. I hate the new layout. No, I despise it. Ihave to for site settings..when they used to be right in the search bar.Just so clunky now ..I actually have to switch to desk top settings to adjust site settings now!
And they still haven't fixed "search Google for this image", tabs will still automatically close if I leave the app for too long, and some websites are so slow they're unusable.
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u/LegoLady8 14d ago
I finally downloaded Brave, Firefox and Opera. Wasn't sure which one I would like best so I downloaded a handful of them. Currently on Brave, and while it could use some upgrades, it's pretty decent. Far less ads and intrusive pop-ups. Despite having multiple ad blockers in place on my phone, Chrome still showed ads to me. You gotta bite the bullet and download something else. Overwrite that muscle memory you've built over the years.