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.

Google is now rolling out a system where Chrome directly tracks your activity and shares its summary with advertisers.

Also Firefox is faster as of like two months ago.

It takes five minutes to switch browsers, and the difference is so little that you'll often forget you did it.

  • VernetheJules [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I switched over and there's a few things I miss:

    • Profiles: Containers works okay for me but every once in a while it'll just completely kill a website and then I have to open it in a different window. I know Firefox also has actual profiles which I need to try out but it's also annoying how those don't sync (I think?)
    • Offline Google Docs Editing: Huge deal breaker for anyone without consistent internet. Only works on chromium based browsers. Yeah I can kind of work around it but I wouldn't expect many people to want to go out of their way for this.

    What I love:

    • ublock origin for Android. I wouldn't switch back without it. I can watch videos on YouTube without ads, and there's no ads anywhere else either. Absolute game changer.