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Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...

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[-] phorq@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

I don't remember chrome ever looking like that with that button on the top left, did they really use a picture of Firefox with a custom theme for their article about Chrome?

[-] bela@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

The image was first used on their site in another article in 2020.

Tineye turns up a lot of usages.

The original seems to be from shutterstock, which also has an alternate angle available. The artist describes it as "Google Chrome homepage on computer screen".

In conclusion: idk if that's firefox.

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago
[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Even THEY don’t want to install Chrome for an article…

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think Firefox Australis with classic theme restorer could look like this, navigated to the Google Chrome homepage.

I think even very old Chrome had the settings menu where it is today, with a toolbox icon.

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