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Got this notification when I opened Chrome when coming back to my desk after lunch.

"We changed our privacy settings to allow us to snoop on what you're looking at and shove you ads accordingly. Feel free to opt out, but we'll probably opt you back in when you aren't paying attention."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why tho? Just block ads at all. They just want to be "friendly" when the web drm changes hit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is the illusion of choice granted in order to minimize the Damage Done by experts pointing out why Google is trying to kill the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago