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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by mulmen on Friday September 08, 2023 @01:10AM (#37429610)
Does Google do the scummy thing where these toggles get reset to default after an update?
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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by benterix on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:36AM (#37430217)
No, this is mainly Microsoft's domain. Google's thing is boiling the frog under the hood.
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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by rjh29 on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:05AM (#37430439)
Yes. Very commonly they change a feature, put the old behaviour behind a config setting (flag), then silently remove the flag later.
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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by Eduard on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:42AM (#37431553)
same with Firefox in my case. after restart, it asks to be the default browser. and again. and again.
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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by SushiHippie on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:43AM (#37431957)
You can disable this in the settings, go to settings and you immediately see the checkbox "Always check if Firefox is your default browser"
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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by Eduard on Saturday September 09, 2023 @03:40AM (#37443137)
that's the whole point: Firefox does not remember my choice.
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