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And yet I somehow knew Google was collecting my personal info because it was obvious. That’s the entire point of the company lol.

When someone searches ‘big donkey dicks’ in the url bar … where exactly did they think the browser was pulling those results from? Could it be a website… called Google?

It did exactly what it was described as doing it, which is basically no cookies and no user history (for the user or other users of their computer to see). The TV commercials about buying presents for loved ones never implied anything more.

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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

And yet I somehow knew Google was collecting my personal info because it was obvious. That’s the entire point of the company lol.

‘People should have known this company would be misleading/lying’ isn’t a defence for what a company does

where exactly did they think the browser was pulling those results from? Could it be a website… called Google?

This is the important bit. Since Google handles both the browser and the search engine, that’s where there’s the potential for confusion (and what the court is deciding on). So basically: did the tracking only kick in when using a Google managed website, or was it happening on the browser level.

Personally I agree that are bigger issues to deal with

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