[swader999]

We all suffer when competition is stifled.

[soraminazuki]

The market for private user data should not even exist. So the call for more competition in that area is absurd.

[paulryanrogers]

I don't think folks are arguing for such a market. Rather that Google owning the market is also bad, maybe even worse.

[notatoad]

it's not stifling any competition. the data that used to be in the user-agent header is now in the sec-ch-ua header. servers can set response headers to request more information if they want it, assuming the website makes more than one http request, which every website does.

[matheusmoreira]

Surveillance capitalism corporations should not even exist at all. They should be illegal.

[midoridensha]

So it's bad when there's less competition for organized crime?

[tough]

That just means a more powerful mafia boss in town so probably yeah

[scarface_74]

We’ve seen time again that’s it’s better to have one strongman than a power vacuum with a lot of local warlords.

If Google wipes out all of the other analytics companies, I can just not use Chrome.

[paulryanrogers]

Until everything important in your life requires Chrome.

[scarface_74]

No company targeting a U.S. population is going to ignore the 60% of the market that uses iOS.

[paulryanrogers]

We need legally enforced browser ballots (again). Depending on the benevolence of a few giant gatekeepers is tenuous.

[raincole]

Yes, exactly. It's a no brainer.