It is essential to stop using Chrome.
Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.
Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.
We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
Oh, no, no, no, it can look like a good thing, but it’s terrible. If google gets the “spying monopoly”, they will have such power in their hands that they will be able to, alone, to things like manipulate your habits and routine, decide when you should replace your electronics, manipulate elections, markets, and so much more. It can seem, at first, that it would be easier to “just block google and that’s it” or “just let the governments regulate them”, but in reality, they would create a scenario where you couldn’t even browse the web or use simple tech devices without being logged in in a “safety-something compatible device”, while lobbying heavily to do so.
They’re already trying to go that way. With a monopoly, they would simply have no resistance at all.
Oh, no, no, no, it can look like a good thing, but it’s terrible. If google gets the “spying monopoly”, they will have such power in their hands that they will be able to, alone, to things like manipulate your habits and routine, decide when you should replace your electronics, manipulate elections, markets, and so much more. It can seem, at first, that it would be easier to “just block google and that’s it” or “just let the governments regulate them”, but in reality, they would create a scenario where you couldn’t even browse the web or use simple tech devices without being logged in in a “safety-something compatible device”, while lobbying heavily to do so.
They’re already trying to go that way. With a monopoly, they would simply have no resistance at all.