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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jimrob4@midwest.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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[-] elrik@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Does anyone know if this is coming to (Chrome based) Edge?

For the last year and for all of the crap Google has been changing in Google Chrome, I've actually been pretty happy with Edge (never thought I'd be saying that).

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[-] qwertychomp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Suffering, now with more customization!

[-] crag@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

"More useful ads"

[-] melonpunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

How kind of it to think about your privacy. Such a nice google. /s

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