Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser

Re:Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to t... by vehemenz on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:20PM (#26200868)

There are people out there that only have one Google account and don't care too much about data collection, but for the rest of us, there is no reason that bookmarks should be tied to Gmail, Google Analytics, and YouTube.

This, and the lack of temporary container browsing makes Chrome a pretty tough sell for power users.

> Is it time to say goodbye to Chrome in favor of Brave, Vivaldi, etc. ?

Yes.

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Re:Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to t... by MeinBlutIstBlau on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:59PM (#26201084)

I gave up. I really did try. I did firefox. I did containers. I had no script. I had adblock. You name it.

My browsing experience and pleasure of using the internet significantly improved because I didn't need to screw around with some setting somewhere to the site to work. You know what? They won. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

I really wish we could but i just can't stand having to increase the maintenance of my life just because I I'm afraid me, among the myriad of billions whom do the same, is somehow special to being tracked.

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Re:Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to t... by kcartlidge on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:32AM (#26203965)

After many years of Chrome, then Brave, I've been on Firefox (M1 Mac) for a few months now with not a single issue. If you don't sign into Google properties then there's no problem. If you do then there is.

The thing to dump is not Chrome, but Google (ideally both but ymmv).

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Re:Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to t... by hedora on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:41PM (#26201302)

That’s not really a fair comparison. Firefox with default settings + ublock works fine just about everywhere.

Edit: also, leaving incognito on all the time still doesn’t break much of anything, and gives most of the privacy benefits of the other stuff you mentioned.

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Re:Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to t... by vehemenz on Sunday February 21, 2021 @02:07PM (#26216152)

I haven't had any issues with website compatabilities in Firefox for at least four or five years. What were you encountering?

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