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If enough people switch these settings off, Google will just re-enable them "accidentally" during the next auto-update. Or hide them altogether. This is their b
by jwr 3y ago
If enough people switch these settings off, Google will just re-enable them "accidentally" during the next auto-update. Or hide them altogether. This is their business model. They didn't create Chrome out of the goodness of their hearts: it was created to impose their rules on the internet. And since their business model relies on tracking people, that is what they will do. Refusing by deleting Chrome is the only way to oppose this.
Incidentally, I think people working on these features should be ashamed.
- dspillett 3y agoIt already “accidentally” enables two of them when you are prompted to enable the new one and you say no…
- cesarb 3y ago> They didn't create Chrome out of the goodness of their hearts: it was created to impose their rules on the internet. IIRC, it's the opposite: Chrome was created to prevent other browser manufacturers (in particular, Microsoft) from imposing their rules on the Internet in a way which affected Google websites.
- justin_oaks 3y agoSo another instance of "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." I'm not fan of seeing which tech giant wins the privilege of imposing their will on me.
- jwr 3y agoIt's the same thing. Google needs to track users, and anything that prevents them from tracking users is a problem. Their rules (that they want to impose) are that user information is advertising material, to be tracked, profiled, processed and sold. They've done a very successful job of masquerading as a cool hip tech company, even coining the totally ridiculous (given the context) "don't be evil" saying.