Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by clscott on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:05PM (#24121907)

Here is the worst possible case scenario that is really happening with Chrome:

If I want to use a Google Property with Chrome (just tested with Google Search Console) I MUST be "signed into" Chrome with the same Google Account as I want use to access the service.

I am not "signed into" Chrome with a google account and I log into that service using the login process IN the web page I become automatically "signed into" Chrome.

Chrome just peeks throught the veil and I am now logged into my browser. Talk about overstepping boundaries.

So, I don't want to have my browser sessions associated to my google account so I "Sign Out" of the browser. BOOM! Logged out of the service as well.

This is a very sad day for the state of a free and open internet.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by JimDabell on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:15PM (#24122039)

Preferences… > Sync and Google Services > Allow Chrome sign-in

> By turning this off, you can sign in to Google sites such as Gmail, without signing in to Chrome

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by clscott on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:51PM (#24122490)

Thank you for the pointer to the way to turn it off but damn Google for even having to have it in the first place.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:46PM (#24123318)

And those options tend to work for a while, and then three releases down they get silently discontinued.

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