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If you're in the EU, you can now decide how much data to share with Google
- mediumsmart 3y agoI heard about Google. Do folks still use it?
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago>"People don't want search, they want answers." —Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity.AI)
- addicted 3y agoAnd this is the problem. Google is trying to be an answer engine. No, I do want search! It’s very rare that I just want an answer. If I do I can usually ask the Google assistant. But Google has indeed worked hard to become an answering engine at which point it can and is getting disrupted by a whole host of alternatives such as ChatGPT, voice commands, etc.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI use both platforms, and each for specific reasons. The more "solid"/objective the information I'm seeking, the more likely I am to "google it." Thanks for your perspective.
- giuliomagnifico 3y agoI checked some days ago and -for me- by default all the sharing services were disabled. Looks like it’s a opt-in feature (I hope).
- Proven 3y ago[dead]
- jackjeff 3y agoIn the long run Google probably does not care that much. They’ve been busy moving the tracking into the browser itself with the Protected Audience API. Technically they don’t track you personally and nobody has a database of your preferences. The browser does and just runs auctions to serve you ads. This kind of tech renders the DMA, GDPR and cookie banners moot, while keeping the money printing machine that is Google Ad business running.
- jdksmdbtbdnmsm 3y ago>nobody has a database of your preferences They absolutely do. They're merely not necessarily labelled as your preferences.
- EMIRELADERO 3y ago> Technically they don’t track you personally and nobody has a database of your preferences. The browser does and just runs auctions to serve you ads. The law does not care about technicallities. GDPR, for example, doesn't specify a medium in which the personal data must be collected.
- jackjeff 3y agoThat’s the thing. No tracking occurs. And no personal data is collected or sent anywhere. It stays in your browser. In a way it’s like your browser history. The browser knows your interests and runs auctions for advertisers. And as per GDPR you can review it, correct it and opt out at any time. It’s basically the same horrible adware thing but without tracking and fully compliant with all EU laws. At some point Google will turn off 3rd party cookies (a decade after Safari) and adtech will have no choice but to adopt their stuff. By end of 2024 if all goes according to plan.
- dns_snek 3y agoSounds great, where's the catch? And how is this going to affect non-Chrome browsers that won't support these new advertising APIs? "Ads 2.0 aren't supported in Firefox, please use Chrome to view them" would be one hell of a selling point :)
- powerapple 3y agoGoogle will punish you hard if you don't share information with it. Soon you will realize that it will constantly bother you because it cannot trust you (because it does not have your information). Say if you let it track you all the time, and if you happen to forget your password, you may still be able to get the access to your email account back. I disabled all tracking, and I have not been able to access my 10+ year old email account. If I knew this, I would be happy to ask Google to track me 24/7.
- malermeister 3y agoHaving to use a password manager seems like a small price to pay for privacy.
- hulitu 3y agoGoogle wants your passwords too.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoForget about that account and don't use any Google account ever again. You'll be fine.
- powerapple 3y agoYes, that was stupid that I was using Gmail as my primary for such a long time. Now I switched to iCloud, much better, with very useful services, you can talk to a person when bad things happen. Google does not have any customer service for their services. The only Google service I am using now is Google Maps and YouTube. Probably I will switch to Apple Maps soon.
- realusername 3y agoThat's exactly why I switched email providers. I want a reliable login, password and 2FA scheme where if I have all 3, I'm in. Google doesn't have that.
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- ranguna 3y agoI checked https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/14202892?sjid=15226571123890505337-EU&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=0 https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/14202892?sjid=152... and I don't have a "linked Google services" section, what gives? I'm from the EU.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoHousing market - absolute catastrophe Taxation - 40% of monthly payslip goes... somewhere Inflation - cumulative 20% in Eurozone for the last 4 years War - anytime now Meantime EU - "let's talk about fine grained privacy settings and preferences"
- bardan 3y agoOK Google, write me a satirical Hacker News comment to define "Whataboutism".
- lifestyleguru 3y agoThere nothing satirical or funny about it.
- ddnb 3y agoHopefully the EU is wotking on more than 1 issue at a time.
- estiaan 3y agoHuh, I guess I live in the EU now…
- InCityDreams 3y agoThe qualifier is "if".