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Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)

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281 points bentocorp | 7 comments | 17 Nov 24 22:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.643s | source | bottom
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est ◴[18 Nov 24 02:24 UTC] No.42169177[source]▶
The only problem with Chrome: It's controlled by an advertising company.
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1. threeseed ◴[18 Nov 24 03:35 UTC] No.42169511[source]▶
And you see evidence of this influence throughout Chrome.

For example, Apple simply blocked third party cookies which are almost exclusively used for tracking. Chrome waited years until they could add their Advertising Sandbox feature first.

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2. nolist_policy ◴[18 Nov 24 18:29 UTC] No.42175375[source]▶
Google's competitors in the advertisement space are all lined up to sue Google into oblivion the moment they disable third-party cookies.
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3. lxgr ◴[18 Nov 24 19:27 UTC] No.42175950[source]▶
You can see it much more clearly in the lack of an extension API on Android.

Chrome on Android is an absolute nightmare for one reason alone: No adblock.

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5. meiraleal ◴[18 Nov 24 20:16 UTC] No.42176437[source]▶
Why?
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6. int_19h ◴[18 Nov 24 21:12 UTC] No.42177093{3}[source]▶
Because Google itself can still track people if they sign into Chrome itself (which it actively encourages by using it as single-sign on for its own services), and thus AdSense can still serve targeted ads, but other ad networks cannot.
7. gerash ◴[18 Nov 24 23:42 UTC] No.42178501[source]▶
you can disable 3rd party cookies if you want: chrome://settings/cookies