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Google wants you to agree to a program to reduce web tracking by just letting Google have all your browsing data directly (meow.social)
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[-] 200fifty@awful.systems 71 points 2 years ago

I like how the assumption seems to be that the thing users object to about "websites track your browsing history around the web in order to show you targeted ads" is... the "websites" part

[-] self@awful.systems 28 points 2 years ago

holy fuck, that’s such a good description of the shitty marketing tactic google is trying here. they’re shifting focus away from the awful shit they’re doing more of to something that doesn’t matter

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