[haswell]

It would be helpful to share an argument supporting your assertion if the goal is to help people understand and/or agree with your position.

If you consider a simplified definition of cognitive dissonance that goes something like “thoughts or actions that do not match your beliefs or values”, then the behavior described by the parent comment could be cognitive dissonance, but probably only if certain things are true:

- The person understands the nature of Google’s business

- The person believes that using Chrome still benefits Google even when anti-tracking extensions are installed

That said, the people who understand enough to be categorized as such are not the average Chrome user. The average user is not experiencing cognitive dissonance, they just don’t know any better.