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Re:Block Fingerprinting with Firefox by Drdrdrq on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:00PM (#20055868)
Yes, but that is just because they represent a risk for Google. Their incentives are quite different than Google's, and that is what matters.
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Re:Block Fingerprinting with Firefox by ngokevin on Thursday May 30, 2019 @08:11PM (#20057168)
Not as much as risk. More of not wanting to be seen as a monopoly. Giving up 1% of the browser market share and a few pennies is worth it to not be seen as the virtual dictator of the Web.
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Re:Block Fingerprinting with Firefox by Drdrdrq on Sunday June 02, 2019 @02:43AM (#20073903)
Also true.
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