Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off

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Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off
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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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I’ve never used Edge — is it really that bad?

It’s not what I wanted. It’s microsoft did a chromium because of course they felt the need to. It adds nothing positive, and they built bad associations by doing a massive ad campaign on it even in windows and by having me associate it with me attempting to search my computer for something only to accidentally wind up in a web search in a browser that isn’t my default firefox.

So is it really that bad? I don’t know but I can’t imagine it’s better than chrome and while I may hate google lately, they still have more of my goodwill than Microsoft does. Chrome at least feels like it has a reason to exist

I use it for most of my work browsing since it integrates with SSO with windows azure AD which is nice. It's not particularly great, and microsoft has added a lot of features that I don't find add any value, but it gets the job done.

Better than Chrome, faster and uses less resources. Has a couple of extra features that are annoying and can be turned off. Mostly fine, I prefer Arc on macOS though.