So this is why they want that browser integrity stuff.
Without the integrity a change like this would be absolutely wonderful - my ad interests would be "FuckOff" and "Nothing".
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Very apt username.
Anything would be an improvement over using stock Chrome at this poing... wow
So what has to happen for the general population to move away from chrome/chromium?
Vivaldi had stripped out this crap, it's good that Chromium is FOSS, anybody can gut it to their like. Apart the Vivaldi History Page is way different from al other Chromium (Calendar view customizable in several formats, stadistics with graphs, not a simple list) since its first versions..
Vivaldi doesn’t collect your history data. All of this information is strictly private and local to your computer. What you get to see is the kind of data that could be tracked by third parties. Instead of trying to monetize it, we are giving you this data – for your eyes only. With the ability to analyze this information, you can decide if you want to adjust your online behavior or remove certain items from the list.
...and when browser integrity becomes a thing?
Wich browser integrity? Because of Chromium? Google already tried this years ago to try to control Chromiums with infinite APIs added to the Chromium code, even with discriminatory browsersniffings, which practically all other Chromium Browsers eliminated just as quickly, Vivaldi the first. Windows on Edge anyway (naturally putting its own Spy APIs in place of these). No trackings or logging by Google in Vivaldi (as long as you do not naturally use Google as a search engine). This is why Google is now trying to gain control through its web services and pages that use them with this WEI DRM, which forces all browsers, no matter what engine, be it Chromium, Firefox Gecko or Safari WebKit, to include a "security" Google Token in your script to access these pages or services. This is naturally a huge bummer if not avoided, since then it depends only on Google which browser deserves this Token, which could be the end of all minority browsers, leaving in the end only Chrome itself with full internet access. THAT is the problem, not the browser integrity.
The apocalypse.
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Edge is a chromium browser, too. It has been for some time now.
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Edge is chromium though?
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What is it with Americans naming things the exact opposite of what the thing does
Does not foes
Here are some more candidates:
- FREEDOM: Full Range Enhanced Experience Derived Online Marketing.
- LIBERTY: Leveraging Internet Browsing & Experience Records To Yield profits.
- JUSTICE: Join Users' Surfing Trends for Intelligent Commercial Engagement.
- PRIDE: Personalized Recommendations from Internet Data & Exploration.
- HONOR: History-Oriented Network for Optimal Recommendations.
These are fun:
- TRUST: Telemarketing Reliability Using Safety Technology (abuse of safety systems)
- HOPE: Helpful Online Personalization Engine (literally just adware)
- TRUST: Tracking Retail Usage Systems Technology (amazon spying)
- LIBRE: Liberating Inconvienenced Beings of Repour Emails (gmail reading emails from your friends)
If you needed a nudge to ditch Chrome and its derivatives in favour of Firefox or Safari, this is it.
I just figured this was always happening.
the google is evil
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