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Because it won't change. Everyone here knows what Google is and I will bet you that over 90% of HN unique users come from a Chrome browser. It will only get wo
by obviouslynotme 6y ago
Because it won't change. Everyone here knows what Google is and I will bet you that over 90% of HN unique users come from a Chrome browser.
It will only get worse. Google always steps on everyone when it dominates a market. Gmail marked your private email server as spam by mistake? Good luck even finding someone to care. Chrome is at this very moment disabling the HTTP2 standard push feature, essentially asserting Chrome as the real standards body.
This is what all of us chose. Without some regulatory body stepping in, privacy will never come back. Even then, that regulatory body will probably be completely staffed by Googlers, since they are experts in Internet privacy.
- karinakarina 6y agoI disagree. Change is possible, though it may be a while before we see it across all mainstream products. But, the EU and California are making progressing in pushing Big Tech to making changes to their data collection policies, consumers are opting for privacy friendly products (DDG saw the dramatic increase in search of 62% in 2020), and companies are making structural changes in some of their products. And yes, privacy law is needed to bring privacy back. But, it's also people and privacy friendly products. We have some power. Don't dismiss everyone because one company is too big.