I wonder if Google are getting kinda annoyed at Firefox's ability to let their users use Google services and block all the data mining / advertising. More and more people are wising up to the fact that they can do that, and are choosing to do it, giving them a cleaner surfing experience. I wonder if this is Google's real intent with Chrome, it will not have the option to block Google's data mining model, nor will it have the ability to block adverts from Google. If it does turn out to be open source it'll be interesting to see how quick a fork appears with all of Google's nasty stuff ripped out. It does look very simple in a Google style and very appealing but at a time when more and more people are aware of data mining etc it may not be the easy sell that people assume. Even this site has DoubleClick and GoogleAnalytics, although by blocking cookies and scripts you can minimize the data they get.
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I wonder if Google are getting kinda annoyed at Firefox's ability to let their users use Google services and block all the data mining / advertising. More and more people are wising up to the fact that they can do that, and are choosing to do it, giving them a cleaner surfing experience. I wonder if this is Google's real intent with Chrome, it will not have the option to block Google's data mining model, nor will it have the ability to block adverts from Google. If it does turn out to be open source it'll be interesting to see how quick a fork appears with all of Google's nasty stuff ripped out. It does look very simple in a Google style and very appealing but at a time when more and more people are aware of data mining etc it may not be the easy sell that people assume. Even this site has DoubleClick and GoogleAnalytics, although by blocking cookies and scripts you can minimize the data they get.