I remember interviews with the development team about it. As far as I know they were always clear what was happening on the back end.
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PoopMonster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m curious as to what led people to believe otherwise before this update. I don’t use chrome but I recall it always being reffered to as porn mode. Meaning it just doesn’t save browsing history, no more no less.
Did Google have misleading wording implying it was doing anything else?
tastysnacks@programming.dev 10 months ago
anarchy79@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Did Google have misleading wording implying it was doing anything else?
Do they literally have anything else?
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Every time I’ve read the disclaimer it has been very clear and accurate, but don’t let me cloud the issue with facts.
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And it’s been that way since the beginning basically and is a lot more upfront about what it does and doesn’t protect against than other browsers like Safari.
The new language just makes it even clearer it applies to Google’s online services and I don’t see that as a bad change though.
anlumo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It also doesn’t preserve cookies after closing the window. I’m also curious what people expect that mode to do.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Well, fill incognito I guess, no trace for you, you can surf even the deep web… That for the less technical folks ofc.
Rediphile@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It seems the whole last decade has been focused on dumbing the Internet down for the dumbest 10% of the population. The Internet was better when it was less inclusive.
anlumo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s money to be made with more people on the Internet, and especially dumb people. So that’s where it’s going.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Have you seen when people cry when Netflix removes beloved content for them?
Pathetic.