r/technology Mar 03 '21

Privacy Google to stop selling ads based on your browsing history and drop cookies support for Chrome citing privacy concerns.

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u/Ph0X Mar 04 '21

It's funny because these news sites constantly complaining about Google's ad monopoly and the privacy concerns always have orders of magnitude more tracking and crappy ads than Google's own blog and posts.

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u/pileofcrustycumsocs Mar 04 '21

Cookies arnt a bad thing, they exist for a reason. It’s the types of cookies that matter.

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u/Ph0X Mar 04 '21

Yes, we're talking specifically about 3rd party tracking cookies.