Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by Engineering-MD on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:26AM (#22236571)

So I pay for Pocket Premium as it is wholly owned by Mozilla as a way of diversifying their income away from search and donations. I like and use pocket and get something in exchange for my money (which makes me more likely to keep a rolling payment going on). II know it’s not open source, but tbh that doesn’t hugely bother me given that Firefox itself is.

Does anyone object to this indirect way of funding Firefox? Does it cause indirect harm by making them prioritise pocket over Firefox?

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by newspheasant on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:44PM (#22239360)

I've spent a lot of time considering Pocket Premium but the price point is just too high. Maybe if they roll in features from feedly and have a really nice RSS reader.

I also hate spending money on news that isn't going to journalists.

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by Engineering-MD on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:12PM (#22241605)

Well that’s why I factor it in as a donation to Firefox instead of paying for the features (which I agree with you the price point is way too high for what you get).

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by nerdponx on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:54AM (#22236983)

I don't object. Personally I'd be happy to pay for Firefox Send, or better still for tech support in self-hosting Firefox Sync and Send.

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