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Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by mulmen »

jasonjayr wrote: post #193
mulmen wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I might have a PI follow that writer for a bit, so I can helpfully send reminders, to illustrate how badly ill-conceived this take is… That’s not a healthy fantasy. The “following” part is especially creepy. There’s a contact the author link on the site. If you care to contact her it’s just a couple clicks away. No reason to hire a stalker. Why are you so angry at the author and not at the people who actually made…

We can be angry at both too.

Sure but the stalker fantasy was targeting the author specifically and made no mention of the people actually doing the thing.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by indymike »

esteth wrote: post #36

Can anyone explain to me why this is worse than third-party cookies? *If* this lets chrome remove third-party cookies, doesn't it effectively increase your privacy by putting that tracking data on the user's machine instead of having random third-parties involved in every page load to harvest that tracking info? I understand that you can currently turn off third-party cookies, but a bunch of the internet breaks if yo…

> I don't know a huge amount about it, but naively I'd rather have my machine present this kind of data than have a network of unknown third-parties collaborate by sharing bits about me to build a profile.

I don't want either.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

denton-scratch wrote: post #174
pluijzer wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Brave gives me a strong negative gut reaction. I really doubt crypto goes well with ethics. Looking at some of Brave's past transgressions confirms it for me. Sure, you can turn it off, just like you can remove the pineapple from pizza, the pizza is still ruined though.

> Sure, you can turn it off, just like you can remove the pineapple from pizza, the pizza is still ruined though. I like this analogy; pineapple on pizza is just like a browser that runs a crypto miner.

> runs a crypto miner

No it doesn't.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by scarface_74 »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #185

High time to require unbundling of Chrome on Android, like was done with IE on Windows back then. In EU, that is.

And that had absolutely zero effect on the market share of the browsers.

No PC operating system that I know of aside from ChromeOS bundles Chrome, yet people still download it and it’s still dominant.

What makes you think the outcome would be different if given a choice?

Besides especially on mobile, I would be pissed if when I first used my phone I would have to use my (hypothetically limited) cellular data to download something like a browser.

And even if you don’t use Chrome on Android, you’re still using Android - by Google.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by hosteur »

wolverine876 wrote: post #180
hosteur wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is where I stopped reading as well. This would be a much better article for this thread: https://movementforanopenweb.com/googles-privacy-sandbox-a-c...

How do you know which article is better, without reading them?

I think it was rather obvious from the context of this thread that the quoted text indicates that the article linked is of very poor quality. It is not necessary to read the full article before knowing something is of poor quality which is trivially known by anyone who has started reading a book or article and then decided it was not worth their time. I read the article that I suggested was better and I stand by that statement.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by jurynulifcation »

wolverine876 wrote: post #172
marcus0x62 wrote: post #111

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> Does that pass for journalism? I think it passes for a press release disguised as a news article.

And that passes for a comment. Google didn't write a press release that raises questions - insightful ones that I hardly ever see in other coverage - about their privacy practices and recommends competitors such as Firefox and Brave.

Which insightful questions did you see in this article? In which ways did they provoke your thoughts?

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by NayamAmarshe »

matwood wrote: post #49
oldnet wrote: post #26

I uninstalled chrome & switched to Brave (I know about core) when I couldn't disable chrome auto update. I have firefox too.

I used Brave for awhile, but it got too crypto which made it feel scammy.

It seems like they're not really betting as big on crypto anymore and slowly moving towards the AI space more.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by gempir »

ptsneves wrote: post #198
gempir wrote: post #64

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I was a 10+ year User of Chrome. I loved that Browser and I tried Firefox maybe every 2-3 years for a day and was always unhappy. Made the switch around 3 months ago to Firefox and it's been great. I don't miss anything from Chrome and it's a really solid and fast browser. Mobile iOS could be a bit faster but it's okay. Desktop Version is the best browser out right now (in my opinion)

> Mobile iOS could be a bit faster but it's okay. Mobile Firefox in iOS is just a wrapper of Safari's Webkit. I use it as I like the syncing features.

I am aware. but the browser engine itself is not the issue. The UI is. I use firefox on my iPad quite a lot and it has the issue of randomly going fully blank when opening a link in a new tab. Or the UI being stuck for a few seconds.

Neither Chrome or Safari ever have these issues for me on iOS.

Re: Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads

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Post by swader999 »

mulmen wrote: post #103
dspillett wrote: post #69

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> fuck off Hell yes. Those benefits don't require us being stalked around our entire online lives: the online store already knows when I bought a toothbrush¹. Unless they are trying to argue that telling every retailer on the planet when I last bought a toothbrush, or other healthcare products, is a good idea?! Same for the birthday card if I bought one online. This example is even worse: potentially not just trackin…

> I might have a PI follow that writer for a bit, so I can helpfully send reminders, to illustrate how badly ill-conceived this take is… That’s not a healthy fantasy. The “following” part is especially creepy. There’s a contact the author link on the site. If you care to contact her it’s just a couple clicks away. No reason to hire a stalker. Why are you so angry at the author and not at the people who actually made…

Violating privacy is creepy, full stop.
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