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Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off (www.techspot.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A website should be universal and not dependent on what browser you are using. I say that but we are all suffering from Chromeitis just like Internet Exploreritis in the 2000s...

Web devs never learn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

well i agree on what it should be, but that isn't the case. i use firefox on my own time but have to use chrome to make a living. and no, the user agent isn't the problem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Web devs never learn.

Chrome is the new IE.