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This update really broke a lot of things. There are a lot of services that rely on the first logged in google account. I used to log into chrome with a personal
by sbr464 8y ago
This update really broke a lot of things. There are a lot of services that rely on the first logged in google account. I used to log into chrome with a personal account, and log into gmail/etc first with my business account. That way, my bookmarks and history would stay with me personally, but things that I use a lot, work email/google cloud etc would open as default under the work account.
One common issue is some sites (google’s gallery.io even), only really associate based with the first account logged into chrome, or the OAuth flow breaks.
Now if you log out of google, to set the base login to your work email for example, it logs you out of chrome also, so there goes your password manager/bookmarks/cookies etc.
I’m still figuring the best strategy, currently I just made a second chrome profile to separate but it’s super time consuming/annoying.
I feel like it was a major change without any heads up.
- sbr464 8y agoAlso meaning you need to manage two piles of bookmarks, on new devices, add the second profile, go through 2factor login processes twice during setup etc. There doesn’t seem to be a central, personal identity any longer, separate from google services, which they didn’t really think through. The thought of switching between two windows just to copy a bookmark or a note from another browser add on, seems crazy in 2018. You can’t have tabs from different chrome profiles in one window, which is understandable, but wasn’t really a concern before this change.
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- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoFWIW I've used the dual profile strategy (one for work, one for personal) for a long time and I really like it, so perhaps it just takes some getting used to. For example, I most definitely prefer my bookmarks and browser history to be separate. Let's just say I might blush if the location bar autocompleted some sites from my personal history if I was entering a URL in front of someone at work...
- sbr464 8y agoYou are right, making that change will sort a few things out.
- Vinnl 8y agoI'm not sure how attached you are to your browser, but if you're open to switching: you can use Firefox Accounts for syncing in Firefox, and use Multi-Account Containers [1] to stay logged in with different Google accounts. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...