Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by mihaic on Friday September 08, 2023 @04:17AM (#37430954)

Why do you consider a Chromium-based browser from another for-profit company that has done some morally debatable things as an alternative?

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by tomalbrc on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:37AM (#37431527)

The FF UX is terrible

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by arghwhat on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:56AM (#37431648)

Terrible is a strong word for UX in an area where all products have 95% the same interface, and distancing means changing the appearance of the titlebar slightly...

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by LoganDark on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:59AM (#37432032)

The keyboard shortcut for opening a private window is Ctrl+Shift+P instead of Ctrl+Shift+N.

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by arghwhat on Friday September 08, 2023 @07:31AM (#37432193)

As long as the panic Ctrl-Shift-W to close said window still works, we should all be safe.

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by doublerabbit on Friday September 08, 2023 @09:48AM (#37433446)

If we could scrap CTRL+W for closing the tab, it would save my anger on a couple of webgame.

You can't eliminate that anywhere.

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by 5e92cb50239222b on Friday September 08, 2023 @10:16AM (#37433800)

Brave lets you change it (or remove altogether). I just did it before posting this to make sure.

  brave://settings/system/shortcuts

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by bekicot on Friday September 08, 2023 @09:25AM (#37433173)

I like Ctrl + Shift + P for private mode. Since Ctrl + Shift + N, is inconsistent with ctrl + shift + T, where it open last closed tabs. It should open last closed windows.

For me it is better UX.

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by mihaic on Friday September 08, 2023 @10:36AM (#37434057)

So FF just needs to tighten their Tab UI and allow custom keys. Not sure why there isn't a fork of FF that just looks as much as (legally) possible like Chrome.

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by jacooper on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:55PM (#37438600)

Because its a better engine with better security and faster performance?

Mozilla did worse things than brave, at least brave actually does privacy by default rather than just talk about it!

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by satvikpendem on Saturday September 09, 2023 @02:06PM (#37448324)

How is it a better engine? It's literally chromium underneath.

What worse things did Mozilla do?

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Re:Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform di... by jacooper on Sunday September 10, 2023 @06:52AM (#37454663)

I meant chromium is a better engine than Gecko.

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