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Re:Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Saf... by wpm on Sunday September 15, 2024 @07:44PM (#41551454)
I seriously do not understand why people use Google Chrome and other Chromium derivatives.

It's one thing that my non-tech sphere friends do, but I see so many people at work just defaulting to using Google Chrome, and I frankly just cannot fathom it.

Like, FFS, is browser sync that useful? In 30+ years using the web on a bunch of different computers, I have not once ever been like "ooooh I wish I had the 35+ tabs I had open on my work computer on my personal one".

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Re:Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Saf... by throw-the-towel on Sunday September 15, 2024 @08:09PM (#41551562)
Firefox has browsing sync, maybe it's not as seamless as Chrome's, but it's there.
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Re:Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Saf... by nsonha on Monday September 16, 2024 @03:41AM (#41553710)
the answer is simple, they don't care that much about privacy, despite claiming so.

And for the rest of us devs who actually care, we're just lazy and continue using the work browser for private purposes. Why Chrome as work browser? Because most users use it.

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