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dillydogg
on July 26, 2023
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Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) i...
I think the person you are responding to would say that edge is just another chromium skin. It doesn't exactly relieve Google's monopoly on browser technology
CatWChainsaw
on July 31, 2023
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another chromium skin with extra tracking. I believe Edge tracks by hardware ID more aggressively than Chrome or chromium.
papruapap
on July 26, 2023
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It should fairly simple for MS to block this API (if they wish to).
adrianN
on July 26, 2023
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Why would they? They make money with ads too
papruapap
on July 26, 2023
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But Googles makes way more, will make compete with Google even harder in the future (deeper pockets).
Moldoteck
on July 26, 2023
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depends how the api is designed. If it'll be integrated deep into chromium, disabling it would cost too much time
notpushkin
on July 26, 2023
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I don't think so. Even if it's impossible to exclude it from the builds, they can just remove it from the JavaScript global scope or something.
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