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
Tiny devils advocate, IF we can make it so ONLY Google can spy on us and malware adware can NOT spy on us would be an “improvement”. Google is a lot easier to target with regulation and stuff.
That said, I wouldn’t touch Google with a 10 foot pole.
You’re not wrong. One spy is better than 1+x spies, especially if that one spy is well controlled with regulation. Better than bad is still not necessarily good.
It’s a false dichotomy. We can’t make it so only Google can spy on us, and conceding to Google has no impact on other malware. Besides, it’s the largest advertising company in the world by a large margin, with a near monopoly on online advertising. It probably wouldn’t even make a difference.
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.
Tiny devils advocate, IF we can make it so ONLY Google can spy on us and
malwareadware can NOT spy on us would be an “improvement”. Google is a lot easier to target with regulation and stuff.That said, I wouldn’t touch Google with a 10 foot pole.
You’re not wrong. One spy is better than 1+x spies, especially if that one spy is well controlled with regulation. Better than bad is still not necessarily good.
It’s a false dichotomy. We can’t make it so only Google can spy on us, and conceding to Google has no impact on other malware. Besides, it’s the largest advertising company in the world by a large margin, with a near monopoly on online advertising. It probably wouldn’t even make a difference.
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.