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> They should call this “private”, not “incognito”. Heh, I agree, but the reason they didn't do that is most likely because then more people would be using it,
by mtgx 10y ago
> They should call this “private”, not “incognito”.
Heh, I agree, but the reason they didn't do that is most likely because then more people would be using it, because in reality most people want "private conversations". It's just that when it's not within their reach they give in to convenience. Google wants you give in to convenience and not use "Incognito" chats very often.
Also, calling it private would inevitable make more people think "wait - so what isn't labeled private, isn't actually private?!" And Google definitely doesn't want that to happen. They don't want even more people to start questioning what is actually private.
I also agree that "normal" conversations should be the private ones, and the others should be "AI-enhanced" or whatever. Conversations should be private by default. That's how they are in the real world, too. Google, Facebook, and the like want the opposite to be true in the digital world, because then they can analyze every word you say to increase their ad revenue, and also hand you over to the police when there's request for that data (secret [1], or otherwise).
[1] - https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping-secrecy-exception-not-rule-issue-consumers-businesses/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping...