I switched to Opera to escape some of Google&#x27;s tentacles, and that was a smooth transition. If you want a compromise, it&#x27;s worth a shot.<p>I then went the whole hog to Firefox.<p>uBlock Origin, Self Destructing Cookies, and a VPN (PrivateInternetAccess) and I figure I&#x27;m getting as good as I can.<p>The lack of Flash is a non-issue nowadays for me, especially now the BBC are trialing HTML5.<p>(Although I generally use get_iplayer anyway.)<p>My primary issue with Firefox is it seems to be really poorly optimised for multicore CPUs. That&#x27;s entirely anecdotal, but Opera runs just fine on a low clockspeed quadcore system whereas FF is unusable for me.<p>On my main machine, I get one core with moderate to high usage, and next to nothing on the other cores. Even if it&#x27;s maxing out one core and lagging.