It be some background process or chrome extension communicating with google services. Because that would explain the automatic regeneration of cookies since cookie creation is automatic. And no, even this won't stop me using Chrome. You know what will? If I can identify it's causing BSOD on my system, like I've seen 2 yesterday.
BSOD can also be caused by bad graphics drivers. It's a major problem for browsers on Linux, so they don't enable hardware accelerated video playback by default. Firefox even used to remove the code from Linux builds but I think that they include it now.
Not just that but also risk a big fine; "regular" GDPR violations (when warnings are ignored) can be tens of millions, anti-trust fines can be half a billion easily. The EU compensates for tax loopholes via big fines.
The best way to communicate "stop doing stupid shit" to google is not use their services/applications when they do stupid shit. Losing market share/customers is far more impactful than any (currently possible) fines.
Since GDPR is in percentage of turnover, how much market share/customers would Google have to loose to equal 1% fine (1% is less than what they should get for this)?
If you can answer that question, and then suggest a possibility for them to actually lose that much market share, then you may be able to demonstrate that losing the market share is far more impactful than any currently possible fines.
Wondering how long till the community forks Chromium and makes a foundation for a reasonable Chromium fork. I'm more of a Firefox kinda guy, but I mean it seems like the only way that users will regain control over their browser. I know Vivaldi is based off at least parts of Chromium but I don't think it's fully open source yet and it's not (at least last I checked) simple enough to install on Linux (I can't just apt-get install it effortlessly like I can Chromium for example).
Is there any reason to believe Google would not be tracking Chrome installations even without persistent cookies? Does this actually make any difference?
Another confirmation that engineers and product developers are no longer in control at Google. Engineering and product first is how Google won the game initially, very easy to forget that when the money rolls in massively and the power structures move away from those driving forces. Microsoft already went through this engineering/product growth to bizdev/marketing control to stagnation and is already in the return to…
I think you're comparing imaginary perfect engineering team with stupid business people. How about we compare intelligent business people with autistic engineers who only want to write well designed, fast, secure code? Contrived examples and comparisons. Remember that good code, performance and security take time, money, and effort. You have to earn money. How sure are you that Google enters it's own Ballmer era? How…
There’s a word in the first paragraph of your comment that should be replaced if you want to be taken seriously.
Seriously don't know why anyone is surprised that a browser built by an ad-tech company pushes the user tracking tech of that company. Just use Firefox and have done with it - there's been a series of these kinds of posts over the last couple of days with people suggesting insane workaround hacks instead of just changing their browser. P.S. if you keep chrome because some websites only work properly there, maybe y'al…
Yep. Google Chrome is not a web browser anymore. It is a portal to Google's services. If you want to use a web browser, then use Firefox.
if you want to use a web browser - use Brave browser.
I just switched to Edge and it looks great. One of the reasons I had used Chrome and had recommended all my customers to use Chrome was the ability to print to PDF, which Firefox did not have (not sure if it does now). Edge does and will be recommending all my clients to try out Egde.
If only would Edge add support for installing PWA's directly from chrome, like me prompting users to install, it would be great.
Edge needs to add display: contents support before I’d consider suggesting it to anyone.
Dropping chrome is not enough. Switch to bing (Just as good as G), or ddg if you really want. Then ditch android which is the spy in your pocket. If you're installing G analytics for clients then choose an alternative (I'm open to suggestions here). It's really time to disentangle ourselves from google. They've quietly and effectively insinuated themselves across the web. Enough is enough.
Honestly I don’t think I even do that many actual searches any more, maybe I work too much, or am just odd? The most frequent services I use, after thinking about it, are: - local business/food/bars (hours, reviews) - driving directions - accessing email to confirm a signup/lookup a receipt/license etc - events, theater showtimes - flight prices - pay bills etc - check reviews/HN/ random articles. Most of these I acc…
From a monetization perspective, why not just charge $99 for chrome vs charging $0.00005 * x-thousand and being seedy via ads? Not going to pay now, since trust is blown, but here’s to anyone in the future.
Could this be only when you are logged-in to your account in chrome? I.e. "if you are logged-in to chrome, it won't delete google cookies because it need it for you to be logged-in to chrome (because of some UX excuse, like user confusion why it's logged-out from chrome). If you are logged out of chrome, it will delete everything." If it works this way, I would be willing to give them benefit of doubt, since there is…
This could have been a valid point, but not since they started automatically logging you in in the browser when you log in to gmail.
I'm slightly annoyed. I just made the commitment to move back to Linux from Windows 10 last week. I was hoping to at least stick with chromium, now I'm reconsidering that. Now that I think about it, should I really be trusting Android? Is iOS any better? Apple does appear to show some commitment to privacy, but their anti repair stance is crazy. Will I have to switch to custom Android ROM with all the Google services…
With regards to privacy I trust Apple more than Google, if only for the fact that their business doesn't operate on the principle of violating your privacy.
>I trust Apple more than Google
trust apple to make you pay 500 dollaridoos for broken glass back repair when Samsung makes you pay 50 dollars at max. the apple support tax you have to pay is really insane. doesn't help that they basically want every company to follow their model so they can go even more insane(Right to repair laws)