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by chrononaut 1724 days ago
> I don’t even know what the Incognito Mode opponents even wanted. Built-in free VPN service? Total removal of Incognito Mode?

Agreed. I think this is a case of individual users deriving their own set of functional requirements and assumptions on what it means to be in "Incognito mode", which many people will have a differing opinion on, rather than a specific issue with the functionality provided by the browser.

If it can't be called Incognito mode, I am not sure what other positioning or branding can be applied. There is merit for the current feature set, and gating those features until a significantly high bar is met seems unreasonable.

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Yeah, the plaintiffs really need to lose this case. "It doesn't do what I imagined it did based on my uneducated misinterpretation of a brand name and refusal to read what the product clearly states every time I use it" is such a horrible basis for potential litigation that it boggles the mind it was allowed to proceed. Next up they'll be suing AstroGlide because applying the lube doesn't turn them into roller-skating cosmonauts.
"We change the way we track you"-mode?