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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by pritambaral on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:57AM (#18762723)
Integration with Google services does not require logging in to Google services.

For a benign example: using Google search

For a less benign example: your browser/device/network being tracked for ads when using Google search

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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by hannasanarion on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:45PM (#18766564)
Electron is not a search engine or a browser, and it does not serve ads.
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Re:WKWebView, an Electron alternative on macOS/iOS by pritambaral on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:49PM (#18767138)
Google Play Services (on Android) is not a search engine or a browser, either.

Google Home does not serve ads, either.

My original comment's grand-parent did not claim if Electron was a browser or a search-engine, or if it showed ads, just that it is not necessarily independent of Google services just because it's built from Chromium.

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