Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings

(lapcatsoftware.com)

137 points | by ExMachina73 4 hours ago

4 comments

  • fedpost 1 hour ago
    It's okay, they're not a monopoly according to this administration. Nothing to see here, carry on!
    • pavon 0 minutes ago
      This administration has done nothing to end or undermine the antitrust cases against Google. Both cases judges found Google in violation of antitrust law, but both handed down fairly mild remedies, despite the prosecutor for the administration pushing for much stronger changes. The judges were appointed by Clinton (Leonie Brinkema) and Obama(Amit Mehta).
    • Mountain_Skies 1 hour ago
      Google and the rest of the billionaire class thank you for ensuring everyone is too divided by red/blue tribalism to ever have enough unity to mount a fight against them. Well done!
      • asdf88990 54 minutes ago
        Exactly. It is like Google has only emerged during this administration with their shenanigans.
        • 8note 19 minutes ago
          iirc lina khan was appointed during the first trump admin and got most of her work done suing to split google during the biden admin?

          you are a bit out of the loop if you think this is a partisan issue, or specifically one thats only there when trump is in charge

          • c0balt 3 minutes ago
            She got nominated by Biden in Biden's last term in March of 2021 and left in 2025 two weeks after Trump assumed office.

            She did not get appointed under Trump nor did substantial work done under his administration.

  • mgiampapa 46 minutes ago
    I feel like the obvious thing to check here is that all chrome processes have terminated between tests. If it's still running some zombie process of course the data would persist.
    • frankacter 39 minutes ago
      At least on windows, closing chrome doesn't close the system tray process which keeps Chrome and Gemini prestaged and cached. Wonder if OP is experiencing a version of that on his Mac?
      • Tempest1981 35 minutes ago
        Microsoft Edge does this too, iirc, for "Startup Boost".
  • flyingshelf 24 minutes ago
    When you log into Google, you also log into Chrome. This means that you'll have a lot of exceptions for Google websites or else a "clear history" would log you out of Chrome.

    Not justifying it (I don't use chrome) but that's likely what's happening here.

    • ande-mnoc 1 minute ago
      This is what the “Allow Chrome sign-in” setting is for and is turned off by the post author.
    • demibabs 4 minutes ago
      In the article he explains he’s not signed into Chrome nor Google during the experiment.
  • thinker34 51 minutes ago
    >> I’m personally inclined to cite Hanlon’s razor here rather than engage in conspiracy theories.

    That is a likely case. Chrome is their closed source software unlike the Chromium browser.

    • LastTrain 43 minutes ago
      Hanlon’s Razor applies to human behavior, not corporations.
      • tehlike 21 minutes ago
        Engineers are humans.
        • edoceo 8 minutes ago
          Corporations are not, they're made of humans but they behave worse than an individual.