▲ 260 ▼ Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by teft@startrek.website to c/technology@beehaw.org 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ridiculous. Time to switch to Safari or Firefox, folks. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) My advice would be the latter. That case you can always use the same browser, no matter what OS you decide to use in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fair, although I personally use Safari on macOS/iOS and Firefox on Windows/Linux. If you’re interested, it’s fairly easy to sync between them with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/icloud-bookmarks/. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Interesting. I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why Safari? Apple is just another greedy corporation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago Because Safari is chock fill of strong privacy features, just like Firefox. It’s a very good browser, if you’re using Apple devices, especially with the forthcoming OS updates. Apple may be a greedy corporation, however, as they make their money selling you expensive hardware and a premium experience, they are not incentivised to monetise user data. Google has the opposite incentive given they make money at all from Chrome or Android, other than advertising. Arguably they barely make any money at all, other than advising… so of course they’ll track you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) My advice would be the latter. That case you can always use the same browser, no matter what OS you decide to use in the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fair, although I personally use Safari on macOS/iOS and Firefox on Windows/Linux. If you’re interested, it’s fairly easy to sync between them with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/icloud-bookmarks/. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Interesting. I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fair, although I personally use Safari on macOS/iOS and Firefox on Windows/Linux. If you’re interested, it’s fairly easy to sync between them with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/icloud-bookmarks/. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Interesting. I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Interesting. I did not know that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why Safari? Apple is just another greedy corporation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago Because Safari is chock fill of strong privacy features, just like Firefox. It’s a very good browser, if you’re using Apple devices, especially with the forthcoming OS updates. Apple may be a greedy corporation, however, as they make their money selling you expensive hardware and a premium experience, they are not incentivised to monetise user data. Google has the opposite incentive given they make money at all from Chrome or Android, other than advertising. Arguably they barely make any money at all, other than advising… so of course they’ll track you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago Because Safari is chock fill of strong privacy features, just like Firefox. It’s a very good browser, if you’re using Apple devices, especially with the forthcoming OS updates. Apple may be a greedy corporation, however, as they make their money selling you expensive hardware and a premium experience, they are not incentivised to monetise user data. Google has the opposite incentive given they make money at all from Chrome or Android, other than advertising. Arguably they barely make any money at all, other than advising… so of course they’ll track you. permalink fedilink source parent