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DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by whalesalad »

cmeacham98 wrote: post #118
tngranados wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are leaving out Safari you are not testing on 95% of the browsers. At least market share wise, which is the only metric that makes sense.

You are correct, but if you don't own a Mac/iPhone, you cannot test on Safari.

You can with a VM

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by tziki »

indigochill wrote: post #135

I generally am on the pro-Firefox, anti-Chrome train, but there is one practical exception: websites that make use of in-browser audio synthesis often (in my experience) just don't work in Firefox. Audible Genius's Building Blocks course has a in-browser DAW that you need to use Chrome for. Flowkey (browser-based piano lessons) also only works in Chrome, as far as I've been able to figure out. So to anyone with an in…

For better or worse, Chrome is still the browser to beat when it comes to newest browser APIs. My hobby project is an app that utilizes some of them and more than once I've found myself considering dropping support for other browsers. In principle I love Firefox but at the same time I'll have to wait at least a few months to start using the same APIs.

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by rplnt »

indigochill wrote: post #135

I generally am on the pro-Firefox, anti-Chrome train, but there is one practical exception: websites that make use of in-browser audio synthesis often (in my experience) just don't work in Firefox. Audible Genius's Building Blocks course has a in-browser DAW that you need to use Chrome for. Flowkey (browser-based piano lessons) also only works in Chrome, as far as I've been able to figure out. So to anyone with an in…

I mean, youtube doesn't work in firefox well. I can't count the number of times I had to restart the browser to play a youtube video. Google reveals it's not an uncommon issue on OSX. While I hated Chrome from the day one, I recommend it to people...

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by Natfan »

ribfeast wrote: post #147

Multiple profiles have never been well implemented in any other browser. It's the only feature keeping me on Chrome.

Multi Account Containers in Firefox[0][1] works really well for me.

I have tabs for administrative work accounts and personal work accounts, along with restricting anything from Facebook into it's own container[2].

[0]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-account... [1]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/facebook-cont...

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by qwertox »

Assuming my friend has a webpage and wants me to take look at it, or he is offering a webshop and knows my IP, or my notable User Agent. Or that I have an ATI FireGL graphics card installed, which is something which JS can query. He just asks me to visit a server he controls.

Will he now be able to query a list of properties of my personality? Interested in space, in biking, according to my Google Ad Settings also in Fujian, for whichever reason that is unknown to me?

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by tclancy »

Communitivity wrote: post #138
cmeacham98 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are correct, but if you don't own a Mac/iPhone, you cannot test on Safari.

I own both, and an Android phone. Unfortunately, I don't own a memory checker for HN. I test with Safari as well, I just forgot to add it to the list.

Have you considered adding a comment linter to your CI process for posting to HN? Or am I the only one with an end-to-end K8 driven process for comment quality?

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by easton »

snvzz wrote: post #120

I'm well covered on ungoogled chrome options on unix-likes. But... what is a maintained, open-source ungoogled chrome for Windows?

ungoogled-chromium is the favorite if you want straight Chromium, although there is of course Brave or Vivaldi if you want additional features.

https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-bina...

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by Yizahi »

Spivak wrote: post #145
Yizahi wrote: post #95

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You mean Google Chrome Edge?

This seems a little silly. Nobody calls it Google Chrome Vivaldi or Google Chrome Brave. Why the hate for Edge?

Google Chrome Vivaldi or Google Chrome Brave - these are completely correct names, until they will fork Blink and start making different decisions from Chrome. I mean really different, not just setting different defaults in the code Google provides, like with Floc.

PS: and speaking of Chrome mods - Edge is arguably the better one out of all of them. At least with MS we know their policies and main source of revenue, unlike with Brave or Vivaldi.

Re: DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

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Post by spicybright »

pojntfx wrote: post #150
cmeacham98 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are correct, but if you don't own a Mac/iPhone, you cannot test on Safari.

You can - use another WebKit-based browser, such as Web[1]. [1] https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Epiphany

Not a good substitute, there's so much more than the rendering engine to safari quirks.
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