You can switch it now but obviously it’s just a matter of time til you won’t be allowed to.
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Kittybeer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I had to read the whole article to get to this info: Depending on what Chrome version you’re using, and whether you’ve been selected to start using Topics API, you can switch this functionality off and on by visiting chrome://settings/adPrivacy and/or chrome://settings/privacySandbox – cut’n’paste these URLs into your address bar to jump straight to the controls.
Blizzard@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Feirdro@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is why chrome is for work only. Firefox for everything else.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nah, Firefox with UserAgent Switcher for work.
yggdar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For me it’s Chrome for work, because we’re not allowed to install anything on our machines :(
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
And also … When you give users the choice to turn something on or off but don’t tell them that the thing is on and also make it inconvenient for them to turn it off …
… Most users won’t turn it off.
serratur@lemmy.wtf 11 months ago
It cant be compliant with gdrp
coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or don’t use chrome at all.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Easier said than done sometimes. Google is already doing what Microsoft used to do. They’re locking G suite features to Chrome, and if your company uses G suite, you made find yourselves in Chrome just so a damn thing works.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My company uses G Suite extensively, and I exclusively use Firefox. I haven’t found a single thing that doesn’t work in Firefox thus far.
Some lawyer somewhere will wind up with a fat payday if some important feature of Gmail/Sheets/Docs gets locked to Chrome exclusively.
Boozilla@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FF is my daily driver (tho I do have to use other browsers for testing and such). G Suite works great for me in FF as well.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Unrelated to G Suite, Google search on mobile should work perfectly fine on Firefox, but Google has decided anyone not using chrome will get a “mobile” version of the site. There’s an addon that fixes that by just changing the user-agent string.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Latest thing I encountered, virtual backgrounds in Google Meet.
Klystron@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Especially with some webapps too. My nas’s only allows you to upload folders through chrome, completely unsupported on Firefox. They do however another service on a different site that does support folder upload on Firefox for some reason though. I don’t get the disconnect.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You could ask them when they are going to support uploading through a modern browser like Firefox.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
I encounter a site that will only work in Chrome based browsers (or at least won’t work in Firefox) about once a month. I’ve yet to encounter one that will only work in Chrome proper.