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Goodbye Chrome. It was great while it lasted. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by cyborganism@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ca

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I'm fucking done with Chrome. Fuck this.

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[–] joenforcer@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This isn’t any better.

What? Before, for many, many years, they didn't even ask how you would like your toppings on your shit sandwich and you happily gobbled it up. They're giving you the option to opt out of some topics, and NOW you're pissed? It may not be a privacy slam-dunk (why are you using Chrome, anyway?), but it's better than the nothing that existed before.

Of course Google doesn't care. They're not going to give you an opt-out option. They're an ad company, and their whole business is knowing your interests to get you to buy from advertisers. The search engine is just to get you in the door. The moment you press enter, they're selling you something.

[+] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They started off as a search engine with the motto “don’t be evil”. Let’s get our facts straight before you try to talk me down like I don’t know anything.

Google was selling ads about 4 years before their IPO when the "Don't Be Evil" motto was first revealed to the public. There is a "History of Google" page on Wikipedia if you want to brush up on the facts and timeline.

The fact remains that they're now an advertising company. This was their monetization model and how they've amassed 90%+ of their wealth.

You can fiddle with your security however you want. I settle for "good enough" with things that aren't Chrome, because my time isn't worth analyzing each individual cookie on a page to get the info I am looking for. Firefox and uBlock Origin are a good enough layer of protection.