Disable Google Chrome Sign In and Sync

Post by lallysingh » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:44 PM UTC

partiallypro wrote: post #73

jasonkester wrote: post #56

Keep in mind that while everybody here is all outraged about this, nobody else is. Because the experience is so nice. It's the reason why I can search for "prefecture Melun" on my laptop, then jump in the car, open up maps on my phone, Start typing "1" and watch it suggest "12 rue de Gambas, Melun 77320", which happens to be the address of the Melun prefecture. That sort of thing happens for me every day, and i think…

The thing is that you opted into the services you gave examples of, you aren't opting into the Chrome sign-in, it's forced upon you. No one had a problem with Facebook collecting tons of meta data, until one day, it mattered. One more link in the chain that ties users down, everyone is complacent while slowly becoming a product.

Post by izzydata » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:53 PM UTC

jhowell wrote: post #85

izzydata wrote: post #59

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That seems hard to believe as it would imply that they have code specifically to cripple the Firefox experience. It's probably at worst that they intentionally don't optimize their sites for Firefox and not actively making it worse.

> That seems hard to believe as it would imply that they have code specifically to cripple the Firefox experience. I think it's more the case of enhancing the Chrome experience and not doing anything to deliberately impact firefox.

Post by squarefoot » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 4:02 PM UTC

fluffysandwich wrote: post #43

squarefoot wrote: post #36

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No problems here: Waterfox plus usual privacy oriented addons then Hooktube replacing Youtube. Might seem excessive but works like charm. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ https://hooktube.com/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-…

Warning: Hooktube link is NSFW. 'Sensual massage' thumbnail on the frontpage...

Post by squarefoot » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 4:05 PM UTC

squarefoot wrote: post #36

sha666sum wrote: post #30

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I've ran into various comments around the internet/reddit that Google sites like Youtube are slower on Firefox, and that changing the user agent to Chrome fixes it.

No problems here: Waterfox plus usual privacy oriented addons then Hooktube replacing Youtube. Might seem excessive but works like charm. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/ https://hooktube.com/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-…

Post by Tallain » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

reacharavindh wrote: post #37

newscracker wrote: post #26

Thanks, but no thanks. Ditch Chrome and don’t worry about ugly hacks to remember or bookmark or ask about in the future when they no longer work. Life is too short to put up with such nonsense. There are better alternatives [1] available. P.S.: When you uninstall Chrome on certain platforms, it’ll open your default browser and direct you to a feedback page. Be honest and tell them why, and that you wouldn’t recommend…

I'll add one more to your side note. Please tell your particularly non technical friends and relatives to avoid Google like plague if they care about privacy. Show them how - give a link to Firefox, Privacy badger. A relative of mine who paid $7/month for a VPN service because he cared about his privacy from ISP, but was using Google Chrome and Gmail for sensitive personal Email. Fewer people from the non-engineering…