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Chrome is run by a company that collects and sells the personal information of its users for advertising. Everyone needs to be weary of it. That said, Mozilla
by Esau 10y ago
Chrome is run by a company that collects and sells the personal information of its users for advertising. Everyone needs to be weary of it.
That said, Mozilla has also made some bone-headed decisions. Integrating Pocket, forcing a chat client, and advertising tiles really turned me off.
- angryasian 10y agoplease explain how they sell personal information, as far as I know.. they allow companies to target attributes in aggregate and you may see an ad based on your behaviors. No company actually receives your personal information
- ams6110 10y ago> No company actually receives your personal information Google receives it.
- angryasian 10y agoso they aren't selling it
- malikNF 10y agoYes they are, they are offering the information they have about their users to their advertisers. If its bad or good is a debate for another time. But the fact is you are the product, your information is the product they are selling.
- mda 10y agoWhat kind of information do they offer to advertisers?
- niutech 10y agoCitation from Google: "We try to show you useful ads by using data collected from your devices, including your searches and location, websites and apps you have used, videos and ads you have seen, and personal information you have given us, such as your age range, gender, and topics of interest."
- sp332 10y agoIf an advertiser sets up a campaign targeting people of a certain age range, location, sexual orientation, and earnings bracket, then when you click on the ad, the advertiser knows all these things about you.
- rorykoehler 10y agoIntegrating Pocket is why I decided to switch to Chrome.
- petre 10y agoWhy? I don't even know what Pocket is. Took it off the taskbar and that was that.