Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch.
"We changed our privacy settings to allow us to snoop on what you're looking at and shove you ads accordingly. Feel free to opt out, but we'll probably opt you back in when you aren't paying attention."
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Well, you see, our work environment is optimized to use chrome so there is really no other choice.
I wouldn't sacrifice my irl income just to tell google to go fuck itself.
What is stopping you from using Brave? Don't you just need a chromium based browser?
Don't use Brave.
Why not? Brave is way better than standard chromium or even ungoogled chromium. Brave Shields is one of the best adblockers I've seen. Balances blocking trackers and not breaking websites really well.