Probably a shot across the bow of social media. Google has more power than people realise.
A lot of phones, such as mine, are completely dependent on chrome.
I’d love to free myself from Google Chrome, but for now I have to assume that they my know everything I do.
I know a lot of people hate Microsoft, but I’ve been using Windows phones since their release. My current is about six years old, and is just starting to have compatibility issues, primarily with apps and websites where apps are available, like reddit (strictly for video games, and I lurk, not post).
I wish they’d have kept with it. They were ahead of the curve for awhile, but nobody developed apps for them.
Gee, I wonder why? Perhaps Google and Apple didn’t want another competitor?
I don't use a cell phone nor do I use GPS because at least in my vehicle I'm on my own detached pretty much.
Google is the devil.
For *years*, via good and effective meta tags, keywords and such, I managed to keep our home business site at the top of the hits every time.
Then google started the “pay to play” website ranking and we just don’t have the thousands to buy a spot at the top like other bigger companies do.
And our business tanked and we’re barely scraping by, now when we used to have people waiting in line for trike kits a year or more.
“I’d love to free myself from Google Chrome”
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I think you might be mixing things up there. Chrome is a browser made by Google, you don’t have to use it; there are a number of web browsers you can use instead.
But maybe you meant the operating system of some devices - phones, tablets, etc - the operating system is called Android (made by Google). That’s what stores all your info and spies on you.