It is essential to stop using Chrome.
Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.
Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.
We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
They control most browsers because they control the chromium engine most use. The control safari because they forked it’s WebKit engine and can pull apple by the tail to follow them. The fund Firefox so they can influence them by withdrawing funding - they don’t need contract terms just an implication.
They positioned themselves as the alternative to internet explorer, but they have become internet explorer. Websites aren’t following web standards their following Google’s standards.
The frustration thing is the best way to avoid this is to not use Chrome based browsers, especially because not all website work correctly in Firefox.
Even if Chrome weren’t spyware, allowing Google to have hegemony over web standards would still be objectively bad.
They control most browsers because they control the chromium engine most use. The control safari because they forked it’s WebKit engine and can pull apple by the tail to follow them. The fund Firefox so they can influence them by withdrawing funding - they don’t need contract terms just an implication.
They positioned themselves as the alternative to internet explorer, but they have become internet explorer. Websites aren’t following web standards their following Google’s standards.
The frustration thing is the best way to avoid this is to not use Chrome based browsers, especially because not all website work correctly in Firefox.