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Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4 (gizmodo.com)
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Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4::Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.

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[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 169 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In place of cookies, Google has introduced a new set of tools that makes the Chrome browser itself keep tabs on what you’re doing online.

So instead of cookies which can be blocked or deleted relatively simply there's spyware baked directly into the browser. How is this an improvement for the user?

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is this an improvement for the user?

Wrong question. You should be asking, how is this an improvement for owners and shareholders? There’s money to be made somehow, right?

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago

It finally convinces you to stop using chrome, so an improvement.

[–] residentmarchant@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

It's not, it just blocks others from tracking you, giving Google a stronger monopoly

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

The user? Why would Google care about the user? They don't even care about their advertisers.