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...

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…

  • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    To people who don’t know any better it’s become synonymous with “the internet”, much like Internet Explorer in its heyday.

    Also, websites saying that they only work with Chrome is a pretty big deal.

    • odium@programming.devEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      My apartment’s website landing page shows a message that you can only access the website from chrome and safari. However, if you go to any sub url, like mainurl.com/login, it works perfectly fine on Firefox.

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago

        Same. I get an “access this site on Chrome instead” pop up every time I clock into work. I can just click through it and Firefox works just fine. But the site is hard coded to give that pop up to anyone not using chrome, even though Firefox works just fine.

        I eventually got tired of it, and just used uBlock Origin’s picker tool to delete it.

      • octobob@lemmy.mlEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        I am lol’ing at all the messages freaking out about my browser on most websites when I use Internet Explorer on the shop computer that still runs windows 7 and is slow as shit. It’s one of those garbo “all-in-one” desktop screen things which is basically just laptop parts from like 2008 crammed in a monitor