▲ 390 ▼ If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com) submitted 3 years ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.
[–] Aiastarei@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (3 children) With Chrome killing ad blocking, they'll quickly care permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Shikadi@wirebase.org 22 points 3 years ago (5 children) Except most people don't use adblock. I don't even know how they live permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) You are mostly right. Think about how many people use chrome on corporate office computers that they do not have permission to install anything on or modify. It's part of the reason Windows is so dominant. Businesses run windows and chrome a shit ton. I work for a Fortune 100 company. It's Windows and Chrome across the whole company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I work for a large company and its the same. They even force-install Chrome despite Edge already being there! Yes, some people will make the privacy argument that Microsoft takes your data, but so will Google, and it's not as if the business cared either way, because if they did they'd install an adblocker or Firefox, which they don't. permalink fedilink source parent [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent [–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* Hate to say it, but I think you're giving the average person way too much credit. Most people are just not that smart. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin Average and below internet users are not the kind of people you meet on Lemmy. They are people like the aging Gen-Xer who doesn't know the difference between "the internet" and a web browser, or the kid whose parents shoved a tablet in their face to get them to be quiet for an hour. Most people want computers to be an appliance like a washing machine - the thought that they can shape their own experience on their phone or computer never even occurs to them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreyDawn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I suspect they spend most of their time in apps and not surfing the internet. Just a guess really since I saw the mobile traffic exceeded desktop. A lot of people don't spend hours on the "internet" surfing. Tic Tok sure. Hell I'm getting more and more like that. Even when I use chrome I still only go the the same sites for the most part. lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] notannpc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I forget that these people exist sometimes. I can’t ever go back to the internet with no ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] amenotef@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* It could be a good thing. Maybe they won't bother about people blocking ads because they become even less than before. So maybe you need to pause the ad block a lot less. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They don't! permalink fedilink source parent [–] minorninth@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago The plan to deprecate Chrome V2 extensions has been constantly postponed again and again for years now. There is NO SCHEDULED DATE for this to happen currently, and when it is announced it will be more than 6 months out. Source: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions/c/zQ77HkGmK9E/m/HjaaCIG-BQAJ?pli=1 If Google really wanted to kill ad blockers, they would have done this years ago. They don't. They want to force ad blockers and other similar extensions to use more efficient APIs that don't slow down the web. Extension developers overall (not just ad blockers) aren't happy with the changes, so they're still working on the APIs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago They won't. The vast majority aren't using any kind of ad-blockers in the first place or Google would go out of business. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shikadi@wirebase.org 22 points 3 years ago (5 children) Except most people don't use adblock. I don't even know how they live permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) You are mostly right. Think about how many people use chrome on corporate office computers that they do not have permission to install anything on or modify. It's part of the reason Windows is so dominant. Businesses run windows and chrome a shit ton. I work for a Fortune 100 company. It's Windows and Chrome across the whole company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I work for a large company and its the same. They even force-install Chrome despite Edge already being there! Yes, some people will make the privacy argument that Microsoft takes your data, but so will Google, and it's not as if the business cared either way, because if they did they'd install an adblocker or Firefox, which they don't. permalink fedilink source parent [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent [–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* Hate to say it, but I think you're giving the average person way too much credit. Most people are just not that smart. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin Average and below internet users are not the kind of people you meet on Lemmy. They are people like the aging Gen-Xer who doesn't know the difference between "the internet" and a web browser, or the kid whose parents shoved a tablet in their face to get them to be quiet for an hour. Most people want computers to be an appliance like a washing machine - the thought that they can shape their own experience on their phone or computer never even occurs to them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreyDawn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I suspect they spend most of their time in apps and not surfing the internet. Just a guess really since I saw the mobile traffic exceeded desktop. A lot of people don't spend hours on the "internet" surfing. Tic Tok sure. Hell I'm getting more and more like that. Even when I use chrome I still only go the the same sites for the most part. lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] notannpc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I forget that these people exist sometimes. I can’t ever go back to the internet with no ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] amenotef@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* It could be a good thing. Maybe they won't bother about people blocking ads because they become even less than before. So maybe you need to pause the ad block a lot less. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They don't! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) You are mostly right. Think about how many people use chrome on corporate office computers that they do not have permission to install anything on or modify. It's part of the reason Windows is so dominant. Businesses run windows and chrome a shit ton. I work for a Fortune 100 company. It's Windows and Chrome across the whole company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I work for a large company and its the same. They even force-install Chrome despite Edge already being there! Yes, some people will make the privacy argument that Microsoft takes your data, but so will Google, and it's not as if the business cared either way, because if they did they'd install an adblocker or Firefox, which they don't. permalink fedilink source parent [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent [–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* Hate to say it, but I think you're giving the average person way too much credit. Most people are just not that smart. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin Average and below internet users are not the kind of people you meet on Lemmy. They are people like the aging Gen-Xer who doesn't know the difference between "the internet" and a web browser, or the kid whose parents shoved a tablet in their face to get them to be quiet for an hour. Most people want computers to be an appliance like a washing machine - the thought that they can shape their own experience on their phone or computer never even occurs to them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) You are mostly right. Think about how many people use chrome on corporate office computers that they do not have permission to install anything on or modify. It's part of the reason Windows is so dominant. Businesses run windows and chrome a shit ton. I work for a Fortune 100 company. It's Windows and Chrome across the whole company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I work for a large company and its the same. They even force-install Chrome despite Edge already being there! Yes, some people will make the privacy argument that Microsoft takes your data, but so will Google, and it's not as if the business cared either way, because if they did they'd install an adblocker or Firefox, which they don't. permalink fedilink source parent [+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I work for a large company and its the same. They even force-install Chrome despite Edge already being there! Yes, some people will make the privacy argument that Microsoft takes your data, but so will Google, and it's not as if the business cared either way, because if they did they'd install an adblocker or Firefox, which they don't. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Yeah the second anything gets stuck into a USB port, IT is on WebEx like "Get what's that asshole in pod H-12 doing???" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* Hate to say it, but I think you're giving the average person way too much credit. Most people are just not that smart. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin Average and below internet users are not the kind of people you meet on Lemmy. They are people like the aging Gen-Xer who doesn't know the difference between "the internet" and a web browser, or the kid whose parents shoved a tablet in their face to get them to be quiet for an hour. Most people want computers to be an appliance like a washing machine - the thought that they can shape their own experience on their phone or computer never even occurs to them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreyDawn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago I suspect they spend most of their time in apps and not surfing the internet. Just a guess really since I saw the mobile traffic exceeded desktop. A lot of people don't spend hours on the "internet" surfing. Tic Tok sure. Hell I'm getting more and more like that. Even when I use chrome I still only go the the same sites for the most part. lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I forget that these people exist sometimes. I can’t ever go back to the internet with no ad blockers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amenotef@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* It could be a good thing. Maybe they won't bother about people blocking ads because they become even less than before. So maybe you need to pause the ad block a lot less. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] minorninth@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago The plan to deprecate Chrome V2 extensions has been constantly postponed again and again for years now. There is NO SCHEDULED DATE for this to happen currently, and when it is announced it will be more than 6 months out. Source: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions/c/zQ77HkGmK9E/m/HjaaCIG-BQAJ?pli=1 If Google really wanted to kill ad blockers, they would have done this years ago. They don't. They want to force ad blockers and other similar extensions to use more efficient APIs that don't slow down the web. Extension developers overall (not just ad blockers) aren't happy with the changes, so they're still working on the APIs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago They won't. The vast majority aren't using any kind of ad-blockers in the first place or Google would go out of business. permalink fedilink source parent