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> The goal of the project is to learn more about the person on the other side of the web … The intro says this data would be useful to advertisers to better count ad impressions, stop social network bots, enforce intellectual property rights, stop cheating in web games

Go f yourself, Google. Browser’s purpose is to serve me web pages, not to learn about me.

>>wiseow+(OP)
As long as Google is still leading in the browser market share, they do not care or give a shit and will never change.

>>rvz+Qh
Google are a monopoly, near-monopoly, or duopoly on the browser, search, maps, advertising, mobile, and mail.

The only regulatory action we've seen - supported on HN - is to go after their competitors.

>>rvz+Qh
So many people are harsh Google critics, yet still never use duckduckgo, don't try to migrate from gmail, or stick to firefox.

Complaining is easy, but apparently even small compromises like these are hard.

>>BiteCo+ah1
I use Firefox on desktop and mobile, I use DDG, stopped using Google Analytics but I sadly still use Gmail and Android. I degoogled the east things (e.g. GA and Chrome) but getting totally rid off Google is hard.

>>rvz+Qh
There's very little barrier to changing to Firefox etc.

>>BiteCo+ah1
Firefox, kagi, and protonmail here.

F google.

>>jeltz+rF1
> getting totally rid off Google is hard

Sometimes impossible in my case. Google Drive is always used in any collaborative project; so is Google Colab and Google Meet. And I still have the instinctual drive to reach for Google Translate/Maps, because it's so easy to access (physically and mentally).

Google google google google google...

>>jeltz+rF1
The very last Google service I still use is YouTube, and I'm looking to leave that very soon.

>>pingoh+op2
Google Meet is easy to replace. Look at jitsi or MiroTalk. Google Maps, not so much...