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Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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I just switched to Edge and it looks great. One of the reasons I had used Chrome and had recommended all my customers to use Chrome was the ability to print to PDF, which Firefox did not have (not sure if it does now). Edge does and will be recommending all my clients to try out Egde.

Thats’s the reason? So trivial to install pdfwriter, whatever it’s called.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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I really recommend switching to a password manager - it's also easier to access the passwords from other devices. For example I can use the same passwords on Firefox desktop and on Safari - iPhone (including auto-fill on iOS 12). I have good experience with 1Password (subscription paid).

I was thinking to just have Firefox on my phone as well. Is 1Password able to provide passwords and credit card information inside other apps?

If you use 1Password on iOS, it is now able to offer completion all over the OS, including apps. For desktop apps, copy paste.

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Worked for me. Switched to FF because I just can't trust Chrome anymore. FF feels like a breath of fresh air.

How is the speed now of FF compared to Chrome? A few years ago I switched to Chrome because it was way faster. Has FF improved?

Firefox got much faster on November last year (FF 56)

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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It seems to me that the recent cosmetic changes to Chrome were a sleight of hand. As many people have pointed out here, there has been a major shift in Google's attitude towards its users and the web as a whole.

I think we are looking at the public face of something significant to have happened in Google search (and AI) and this attempt to start plugging all the gaps in our browsing habits is so that Google have as good as 95-100% understanding of human habits.

Foil hats on everybody :)

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You could always use a cleaned Google-free Android derivative OS like Replicant. See also the Librem 5 phone, which does not run Android at all.

Librem isn’t using an Android derivative OS, it’s going to effectively be a Gnome Linux distro on mobile.

I know that; that’s why I wrote “See also” instead of “like”. Post edited to clarify.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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There’s a difference between coming up with the requirement and the “order”, and implementing it because that’s your job. And don’t say they should quit. This isn’t the solution. At some point they will find an engineer to do it anyway. The solution should be applied at the source.

There is a wikipedia page devoted to the argument that they were only doing their job: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_orders

Are you really comparing a software developer completing tickets based on requirements to Nazis being told to kill? The fact that you need to draw that comparison tells me you are going overboard.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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I just switched to Edge and it looks great. One of the reasons I had used Chrome and had recommended all my customers to use Chrome was the ability to print to PDF, which Firefox did not have (not sure if it does now). Edge does and will be recommending all my clients to try out Egde.

Windows 10 comes with the virtual printer "Microsoft Print to PDF". That will work with firefox and is probably what Edge is actually using.

Re: Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies

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Dropping chrome is not enough. Switch to bing (Just as good as G), or ddg if you really want. Then ditch android which is the spy in your pocket. If you're installing G analytics for clients then choose an alternative (I'm open to suggestions here). It's really time to disentangle ourselves from google. They've quietly and effectively insinuated themselves across the web. Enough is enough.

Bing is nowhere near "(Just as good as G)". If it was, a lot more people would have already switched. As of now, it's surprisingly behind Google in almost all but the most basic searches.

You would be surprised. I am using Bing alone for over a year and had to use google for 2-3 cases at max. Agreed google sometimes return different results, but you cannot say it's better, especially if you are used to seeing Bing results. I would suggest you try Bing for a month and go to google if you cannot absolutely find anything in Bing.
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