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I can see why they thought this was a good change. It's a good change only if you are permanently logged in to google services, which is probably why it seemed
by grey-area 8y ago
I can see why they thought this was a good change.
It's a good change only if you are permanently logged in to google services, which is probably why it seemed like a great idea to the Chrome team, who probably have no idea how much distrust Google has started to build up. It moves the browser closer to an app runner for google services - I'd understand that if this was on Chrome OS or a specific 'Google' app, but in a general purpose browser the browser chrome should never indicate login state about specific websites, nor should my browser be logging in to google itself. It was bad enough when that was a choice for users, now it is one policy change away from being obligatory.
This is how we end up living in a world where google has access to all your data. I've switched browsers due to the move, not just because of this specific action, but because combined with all the other dark patterns Google has engaged in recently, and their clear moves to abuse their monopoly in search, it tipped me over the edge.
I no longer use google search (have been using ddg for a while), and now no longer use google browsers as a result of their disregard for user privacy.
- 3pt14159 8y agoJust use different browsers for different things man, this isn't even hard. I seriously do not understand the outrage over this. Half the websites we visit host their fonts on Google domains, where is the outrage over that?
- grey-area 8y agoWhy use Chrome at all? I'm not outraged, just voting with my feet.
- auslander 8y ago> Half the websites we visit host their fonts on Google domains, where is the outrage over that? Copy that. Thats a serious privacy leak, Referrers, none of the adblockers handle today.
- claudius 8y agoublock Origin blocks third-party content, including silly fonts hosted by Google, just fine for me.
- auslander 8y agoI recall seeing fonts.googleapi.com being allowed by uBO (in medium mode) once, so it needs be double checked. Also, it not just fonts, but jquery and other stuff. And two places to check: Referrers HTTP header and meta element Referrer Policy of the page
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- flukus 8y agouBlock blocks remote fonts. Between sites hosting their own assets becoming old fashioned and font's being used for icons it breaks a lot of things. I'm hoping CDN's get the same privacy treatment as facebook and the like have been getting lately and we can go back to a self hosted world.