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It's like an addict who tells themselves "I need to quit sometime" but constantly puts off actually quitting.
Google Drive itself uses third-party cookies. You can't download files from Google Drive without enabling them, for some reason.
And I am sure we are all in agreement that this has absolutely nothing to do with pushback on FLoC and increased attention from regulators...
So for two more years, Chrome will be the only major web browser to provide no reasonable expectation of privacy and security. Nobody should still be using it by 2023.
> In order to do this, we need to move at a responsible pace. This will allow sufficient time for public discussion on the right solutions, continued engagement with regulators, and for publishers and the advertising industry to migrate their services.
> By ensuring that the ecosystem can support their businesses without tracking individuals across the web, we can all ensure that free access to content continues.
This proves Google's consumer privacy strategy is all smoke and show. It should come to no ones surprise they choose to follow the money (ads). Apple continues to improve privacy on Safari with every major update and Google is still sitting on the sidelines.
https://blog.google/products/chrome/updated-timeline-privacy...
> Select Settings > Site Settings > Cookies and site data.
> Select Block third-party cookies.
We're getting back to a point where the dominant browser is focused on rent-extraction over user-focused design and features, and alternatives are superior in pretty much every way other than bug-compat with the dominant browser (e.g. same thing we had in the IE6 days).
There's no reason anyone who's technically inclined should be using Chrome as a daily-driver at this point. Their interference in ad-blocker extensions should have been enough, this should be the nail in the coffin.
So for two more years, Chrome will be the only major web browser to provide no reasonable expectation of privacy and security. Nobody should still be using it by 2023.
You can opt into blocking third party cookies now. > Select Settings > Site Settings > Cookies and site data. > Select Block third-party cookies.
chrome://settings/cookies
Just turned it on myself. Thank you, OP!
Sounds like a great reason for everyone to stop using Chrome. This is a capability that's been in Firefox and Safari for awhile now. We're getting back to a point where the dominant browser is focused on rent-extraction over user-focused design and features, and alternatives are superior in pretty much every way other than bug-compat with the dominant browser (e.g. same thing we had in the IE6 days). There's no reaso…
Sounds like a great reason for everyone to stop using Chrome. This is a capability that's been in Firefox and Safari for awhile now. We're getting back to a point where the dominant browser is focused on rent-extraction over user-focused design and features, and alternatives are superior in pretty much every way other than bug-compat with the dominant browser (e.g. same thing we had in the IE6 days). There's no reaso…
Not only is this monopolistic, but it's destroying the web and turning our privacy situation into a trash fire.
They're making this 3rd party cookie decision at the behest of their adsense unit, and it's decisions like these that are infectious across product boundaries. AMP, no URL, increasingly unilateral and opaque HTML standards that serve to push ads, ...
Google has been so lazy at innovation in other areas that they can't afford to lose Chrome. It's a key part of their fragile moat. They'll defend it to the death.
Nevertheless, these two products should not be the same company.
I want Google to succeed, but not like this.