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0 pointsTicklishTiger7y ago0 comments

Googles browser offers functionality to Googles websites that it does not offer to any other website.

When you log into an Google owned site, it interacts with the browser so that you are 'logged into your browser' with that Google account.

That is not pushing standards into a direction. That is blatant exploitation of ther market position.

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fastball7y ago

You're already logged into sites you're already logged into.

I'm not exactly sure how advantageous you think this is.

Technetium_Hat7y ago

Yeah, all that really happens is that it shows your profile picture, and autofills passwords, when it detects the google login cookie. Nothing that other browsers couldn't implement themselves.

jessaustin7y ago

For what sites would other browsers do this? Would those browsers be paid by those sites?

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