The Vivaldi browser will not support Google’s FLoC

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Post by Fiveplus » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

The Vivaldi browser will not support Google’s FLoC
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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC

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Post by echelon » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:18 PM UTC

The DOJ needs to strip Google's ability to run the world's most popular browser away from it. This is far more blatant than Microsoft antitrust with Internet Explorer. Google is literally shaping the entire internet into their ad funnel.

Google cannot be allowed to run Chrome.

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Post by paxys » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:18 PM UTC

> The FLoC component in Chrome needs to call Google’s servers to check if it can function since Google is only enabling it in parts of the world that are not covered by Europe’s GDPR

This is all you should need to know about it.

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Post by kjjjjjjjjjjjjjj » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:20 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #3

The DOJ needs to strip Google's ability to run the world's most popular browser away from it. This is far more blatant than Microsoft antitrust with Internet Explorer. Google is literally shaping the entire internet into their ad funnel. Google cannot be allowed to run Chrome.

Google needs to be split up, plain and simple. They are the most dangerous company in America

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Post by f6v » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:21 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #3

The DOJ needs to strip Google's ability to run the world's most popular browser away from it. This is far more blatant than Microsoft antitrust with Internet Explorer. Google is literally shaping the entire internet into their ad funnel. Google cannot be allowed to run Chrome.

Who is then?

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Post by Trias11 » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:23 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #3

The DOJ needs to strip Google's ability to run the world's most popular browser away from it. This is far more blatant than Microsoft antitrust with Internet Explorer. Google is literally shaping the entire internet into their ad funnel. Google cannot be allowed to run Chrome.

US Government needs to actually represent interests of citizens more than interests on corps bribing them to allow abuse of people rights and privacy to continue.

Implementing GDPR like regulation in US will solve a lot of issues.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:25 PM UTC

f6v wrote: post #6

echelon wrote: post #3

The DOJ needs to strip Google's ability to run the world's most popular browser away from it. This is far more blatant than Microsoft antitrust with Internet Explorer. Google is literally shaping the entire internet into their ad funnel. Google cannot be allowed to run Chrome.

Who is then?

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Post by domano » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:25 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #4

> The FLoC component in Chrome needs to call Google’s servers to check if it can function since Google is only enabling it in parts of the world that are not covered by Europe’s GDPR This is all you should need to know about it.

Man GDPR is such a pain to implement and UX-wise, but it seems to actually have improved personal data protection.

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Post by jereees » Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

I’m sure there has to be a better way to introduce the audience to FLoC. I’m over five paragraphs in and the article hasn’t properly articulated what is FLoC and _why_ it is bad. Just that it is bad.