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by duncan_bayne 3169 days ago
Google won't because the browser isn't their product. Your data and attention are their product, which they acquire in exchange for a free browser.
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Unsure why this seems controversial. Google is an advertising company, not a Web browser company.
An advertising company with 60,000 employees whose interests overlap with this forum ;)

Most of the wealth in silicon valley comes from productizing eyeballs.

In related news, this just triggered someone into downvoting my entire post history!