Rob@lemdro.id 4 months ago
Why would an open source browser remove a feature just because a corperation did it. Talking like that, might as well use Chrome. Oh wait. But it’s spware/ anti AdBlock.
Why doesn’t Firefox make AdBlock harder since Google does the same? Firefox isn’t competing for Market share, it’s suppose to be an Opensource browser and being so should mean that you have the best features for the user, and not a company.
Had you ever asked why would Google get rid of 3rd party cookies, and also ask, what did they replace 3rd party cookies with? another way for them to track you, and only them. They took potential revenue from sites that aren’t them just because they can.
King@lemy.lol 4 months ago
Third-party cookies make tracking users easier. I am not asking Firefox to follow Chrome at each step.
I am just asking for the privacy browser to improve users’ privacy by removing support for third-party cookies, because it theoretically will not break anything.
c10l@lemmy.world 4 months ago
3rd party cookies make tracking users easier when the same cookie can be used on many websites.
Firefox does 2 things to protect you from that: it blocks known trackers cookies by default; and for the others it isolates them per domain so that kind of tracking doesn’t happen. That ensures you’re not tracked and at the same time it doesn’t break any functionality.
If you want to completely block them you can. There’s more info here: …mozilla.org/…/third-party-cookies-firefox-tracki…
Rob@lemdro.id 4 months ago
There is that too.
Rob@lemdro.id 4 months ago
I do agree, that removing it would improve user privacy, however I feel that should be up to the user to decide on their own if they want or don’t want third party tracking cookies as it has been.
The alternative that Google proposed I don’t think it’s any better then what is was before with 3rd party tracking cookies. I’d say it’s worse since it introduces new problems while keeping old problems under a new name.
If everything goes through Google, no one has personal control and that’s what i’m against. This encourages what open source users should be against.
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m not sure how moving stuff like topics of interest into the browser where it can be modified/turned off by the user in a single, local location isn’t an improvement over the current situation?
atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Because google is still tracking you. They are just getting rid of third party cookies being able to follow you on the web. They have fingerprinted the chrome browser itself, so every instance of it is unique to the individual using it (or their hardware) with the intent of continuing to track you while making it difficult for other third parties to do the same. And they’re using deceptive language to make it seem like that’s not what’s happening. That language may not work on everyone but it will work on the vast majority especially of younger gen people who just aren’t as tech savvy despite how much tech is integrated into their lives.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 4 months ago
That’s why they’re asking
GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 months ago
They’re asking in a presumptive, judgemental way
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I believe Mozilla said it best here:
blog.mozilla.org/…/improving-privacy-without-brea…
The web is not at the stage yet where third-party cookies can be disabled entirely. Chrome’s phase out of them this year should push all those sites still clinging to them to fix their sites. This should mean less problems when using Firefox’s privacy features. Firefox won’t necessarily need to remove the feature soon anyways since it already isolates them per site.