Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by eitland on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:57PM (#22238694)

Eh. One of the things Microsoft was actually punished for was bundling IE, and it didn't help that they were actually hostile to other browsers as proven by the fact that their documentation pages would work if Opera faked the IE headers.

Googles pushing of Chrome and disregard for other browsers across their web properties comes dangerously close in my opinion.

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by Kovah on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:57PM (#22239521)

I think that Googles' push is even worse. Just think about how many possible devices Microsoft could target back in the days. 300-500 million devices maybe? Google not only invaded desktops in the past decades, but completely owns the Android platform, which comes bundled with Chrome and Google as the primary search engine. Desktops with Chrome plus the Android platform must be far more than 2-3 billion devices.

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