please explain how they sell personal information, as far as I know.. they allow companies to target attributes in aggregate and you may see an ad based on your behaviors. No company actually receives your personal information

If an advertiser sets up a campaign targeting people of a certain age range, location, sexual orientation, and earnings bracket, then when you click on the ad, the advertiser knows all these things about you.

> No company actually receives your personal information

Google receives it.

so they aren't selling it

Yes they are, they are offering the information they have about their users to their advertisers. If its bad or good is a debate for another time. But the fact is you are the product, your information is the product they are selling.

What kind of information do they offer to advertisers?

Citation from Google: "We try to show you useful ads by using data collected from your devices, including your searches and location, websites and apps you have used, videos and ads you have seen, and personal information you have given us, such as your age range, gender, and topics of interest."

Integrating Pocket is why I decided to switch to Chrome.

Why? I don't even know what Pocket is. Took it off the taskbar and that was that.