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teft to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

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Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
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    This should tell you all you need to know about the Brave browser. tl;dr it’s a piece of shit scummy software helmed by a piece of shit scummy CEO. Just use Firefox.

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      • Pons_Aelius
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        I wonder how long until Firefox has until it is rendered useless.

        I have been hearing about FFs imminent demise for about 20 years now…

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          • Pons_Aelius
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            And?

            What does that matter?

            This is not a popularity contest.

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              • Pons_Aelius
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                No, it isn’t.

                I have been hearing this shit for 20 years.

                Google pays mozilla to keep it alive so they can side step anti-trust laws.

                I hate to break it to you but google already dominate the web.

                FF is not going anywhere.

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                  • Pons_Aelius
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                    well, you keep worrying about it.

                    I and the rest of us will keep using it.

                    Let’s check back in 5-10 years.

      • @Qvest@lemmy.world
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        As ironic as this sounds, Google can’t let Firefox die because then it would become a monopoly

        • @Vub@lemmy.world
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          Firefox is too small for them to care, the only browser with a larger share is Safari (Webkit).

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