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This causes a few other problems. For example I use Hangouts Chat (chat.google.com) on my Google Apps account, and I also have a personal gmail. Ever since the change I have to log out from my personal gmail to use Hangouts Chat, because it is looking at my Chrome account and telling me that I'm not part of the organization. I can't switch to the Google Apps account at all.
I thought I had this experience years ago, I'm surprised this is only happening now. I use an email app (just regular Mail on the mac) to access my Gmail. Your email is stored and synced locally so it is accessible offline, and you don't get these shenanigans. Also I use Firefox. But let's be honest, even if you aren't logged in, and aren't using Chrome, at this point if Google is not recognizing you it is only becau…
Though "Chrome integration" with Google is pointless at best and an awful user experience.
I made the mistake of logging in w/ Google on Chrome mobile. Resulting in all my bookmarks being synced on the phone (because of course I want my desktop bookmarks on my phone. Obviously. Thanks Google). This is a mistake I'm not doing again.
This causes a few other problems. For example I use Hangouts Chat (chat.google.com) on my Google Apps account, and I also have a personal gmail. Ever since the change I have to log out from my personal gmail to use Hangouts Chat, because it is looking at my Chrome account and telling me that I'm not part of the organization. I can't switch to the Google Apps account at all.
This is why setting up user profiles is handy in chrome. Keep one for work, one for home.
A typical tendency in distasteful projects: couple everything, remove choice. Make it one-size-fits-all. Switching to Chromium.
Chromium was previously downloading a binary blob on its own, which is a bit upsetting: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909 https://lwn.net/Articles/648392/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724409
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A lot of people use chrome because it has the best security according to a lot of experts, including here on HN. It’s reasonable to complain about a drift in functionality that spans the web to native gap in my opinion.
Really? Perhaps 10 years ago, but Chrome is pretty ok when it comes to security. This eval that is Google's top result in search [0] has them tied for 6 out of 9 (5.5) and Chromium is better for security. [0] https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/best-browsers-for-privacy/
Why on earth are you using chrome if you cared about that kind of stuff so much? No,it isn't a bug. It has always been that on android,using chrome browser or the youtube app meant that whatever google account was used in play store is also used to log you into google both on on chrome,yt,maps,etc... They just brought that feature to desktop,I suppose now you'll be logged into whatever google account last used? This…
That is setting up a system-global login, and having apps use it. That is very different, nearly opposite, from logging into a web page and having that intercepted and turned into a more global login.
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A lot of people use chrome because it has the best security according to a lot of experts, including here on HN. It’s reasonable to complain about a drift in functionality that spans the web to native gap in my opinion.
Really? Perhaps 10 years ago, but Chrome is pretty ok when it comes to security. This eval that is Google's top result in search [0] has them tied for 6 out of 9 (5.5) and Chromium is better for security. [0] https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/best-browsers-for-privacy/
> Security: Google has always been known as a leader for browser security, and for good reason... All said, Google’s leading position in browser security is undisputed. 5/5