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by xp84 603 days ago
This also works perfectly in Microsoft Edge and has for a long time. Pointing this out because the post makes several references to things being exclusive to Chrome, when really it's probably just Chromium.

(I'm still puzzled why so many more people choose to use a browser distributed by the world's largest ad network over one with all the same features plus a few nice add-ons, made by a software company.)
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prettyStandard 603 days ago
All the nerds trained their friends and family on Chrome. We did it to ourselves.
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ttyprintk 603 days ago
As of a few years ago, independent tests of telemetry back to Bing, immutable hardware-derived identification, and add-on security of the Edge store were not good.
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xp84 603 days ago
I guess I'm not convinced Microsoft is serious enough about monetizing my data and attention the way Google is. I'm assuming (generously, to be fair) that Microsoft mainly wants to optimize their software rather than use the data to maximize the effectiveness of their ad business, which seems hobby-level to me.

> immutable hardware-derived identification,

Is this in the telemetry data? Not in headers, right? Just curious to learn more

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ttyprintk 600 days ago
The 2020 report:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39181863

But the zeitgeist I’ve seen in 2024 is that Edge and Chrome collect the data they want, plus the data each other is collecting. Tabs, history, etc. Google appears to be more careful, speculatively because it would be easier to prove anti-trust if Google blocked Microsoft’s collecting.

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