It's hard to tell from the article, but aren't detailed cookies still available through dev tools?
You don't even need the dev tools — you can view individual cookies by clicking the lock icon in the address bar and then "cookie settings".
Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls
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Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls
#42Sounds like Chrome is moving more toward being a surveillance tool and ad delivery platform that also browses the web (well, more than it is right now anyway).
It’s more and more obvious we need competition in the browser space. Firefox as an excellent and performant alternative. Personally I use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal stuff.
I've had decent luck with Vivaldi lately.
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#43> By the way, before anyone runs off and yells "Switch to Safari" or something like that, keep in mind that Safari is actually in a worse state and doesn't have detailed cookie and site information at all. It does, but it's split between two places. You can see a list of all sites that have stored data in Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data... (no option to view here, just delete). You can also navigate to th…
Why Safari? The only sane choice is Firefox.
Or Brave. Safari gives me too many issues. Brave has all the compatibility you'd expect from chromium.
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#44Looking forward to a Google employee lecturing us about how users don't care about these details and how people don't want granular control over site data.
Of course an average user does not bother about these controls. They don't even need to know what cookies are. Maybe they don't care today but now you are not even giving them opportunity to learn and take control back.
The argument that no one uses it is just a front. Real reason is it serves in Google's interest to remove these and that is why they are doing it. Just like GTalk and RSS.
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#45I'm privacy conscious but would not consider looking at such detailed information. For me it's delete all site state on exit. Do people actually look at this stuff?
Developer bias, but being able to delete individual cookies is invaluable. Non-developer hat: PlayStation Network store also had a bug where you'd be logged in, but unable to buy anything. Instead of deleting all data you could delete one cookie and it would temporarily resolve the issue.
I don't really interact with cookies at all. What are your uses cases? What is the value? If you're so enthused with it I'm wondering if I should be, basically.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Developer bias, but being able to delete individual cookies is invaluable. Non-developer hat: PlayStation Network store also had a bug where you'd be logged in, but unable to buy anything. Instead of deleting all data you could delete one cookie and it would temporarily resolve the issue.
Just fyi, you can delete individual cookies in the developer tools.
Which Does Not Exist On Mobile.
(90% or more of most sites' organic web traffic is mobile.)
Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls
#47Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls
#48Sounds like Chrome is moving more toward being a surveillance tool and ad delivery platform that also browses the web (well, more than it is right now anyway).
It’s more and more obvious we need competition in the browser space. Firefox as an excellent and performant alternative. Personally I use Chrome for work and Firefox for personal stuff.
Why not use Edge if you need to use a chromium based browser?
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#49Looking forward to a Google employee lecturing us about how users don't care about these details and how people don't want granular control over site data.
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#50Anyone still uses Chrome for personal stuff ?