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1. lozeng+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-27 08:18:30
Yes, ad blockers aren't big right now, but Safari on iOS and Samsung Browser on Android has ad blocker support. What happens if Apple or Samsung decides to bundle an ad blocker? Google wants to defend against any future moves.

Already, other browsers have led on tracking protection and control of third-party cookies, affecting Google's business model. So Google built Chrome, invested in it so people would prefer it, pushed it on their websites to ensure people would prefer it, and built a walled garden with Chrome Sync + Passwords.

Then they started using it to decrease privacy by signing in to Chrome when you sign in to Gmail. They track your websites visited and use it to improve their advertising even when the website doesn't use Google ads.

Theirs is the only password manager for Android which is limited to their browser. That's for a reason.

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2. data-o+4t[view] [source] 2023-07-27 12:16:22
>>lozeng+(OP)
Signing into chrome upon signing into a Google service really rubs me the wrong way.

Why does Google get to do something that no other website in the world is allowed to do? This feels like something Microsoft would have gotten hit by antitrust over decades ago.

There’s no reason why logging into a Google site should silently give them all of your web browsing history across every site you browse. I know you can turn both those settings off but most people don’t even know they exist.

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