• Contend6248@feddit.de
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    One big life-changing thing will be something like Manifest V3, limiting ad-blockers capabilities. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

    Rules for thee and not for me kind of stance when it comes to who is collecting all the sweet data from its users, it wont be possible to block every tracker and ad from Google in the future because every add-on will have a limit of how many domains they are trying to block.

    I mean what could possibly go wrong if the biggest data collector and ad provider has a monopoly on web browser?

    Why is it bad to use chromium base browsers? If the market is essentially only Chromium and Safari, Firefox compatibility will be even less important and broken sites will only lead to a bigger monopoly because users will switch.

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      And people still support and use Google search so the monster just continues growing.

      I guess we get what we deserve as a species.

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          Startpage, Google results without Google tracking.

          They still get some data, but you can use something like DuckDuckGo as main and Startpage as fallback.

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          Kagi did it for me. I set it as default search engine when it was new, and I actually forgot about it. Thats how good it is.

          It’s the same results as Google, just ranked differently so you don’t get all the junk. You will discover lots of new web sites that are quite good.

          Try it!

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          I think duck duck go is better personally. There are still a ton of Google services id have trouble leaving though. Google photos, Maps, Docs ect. I don’t think I could quit google altogether.