I never degrease my chain any more. After every ride, I

1. Grab the chain with a rag, rotate the pedals backwards to clean, apply about 2 tbsp oil, grab chain with rag again and clean off excess.

We can get into one of those "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" discussions about what is better for a chain, to remove the factory lube, to clean with solvent because that removes abrasives, to never use solvent because solvent pentrates into the inner workings of the chain and removes precious lubricant, leading to premature wear.

All I know is that with my method, the bike shifts absolutely flawlessly and the drivetrain is always visually clean, not microscope OCP clean, but then I like to ride my bike, not just prop it up against garage doors and photograph it.

My method takes less than 1 minute out of my life.