It finally convinces you to stop using chrome, so an improvement.
Comment on Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 11 months ago
In place of cookies, Google has introduced a new set of tools that makes the Chrome browser itself keep tabs on what you’re doing online.
So instead of cookies which can be blocked or deleted relatively simply there’s spyware baked directly into the browser. How is this an improvement for the user?
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ilmagico@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Will Chromium-based browsers also have this “feature”, or can they turn it off (and will they)? Or is firefox the only safe alternative left?
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use a mix of browsers, but I don’t think all chromium get this automatically- most are forks from further upstream I think? Vivaldi is my favorite non-chrome chromium.
residentmarchant@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s not, it just blocks others from tracking you, giving Google a stronger monopoly
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The user? Why would Google care about the user? They don’t even care about their advertisers.
oDDmON@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wrong question. You should be asking, how is this an improvement for owners and shareholders? There’s money to be made somehow, right?
treefrog@lemm.ee 11 months ago
OC forgot that we’re the product