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0 pointslostmsu3y ago0 comments

Can you clarify? Is this about single sign-on from multiple sites to be able to store data to Google Drive?

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You can't download anything without 3PC. It's the only Google service set up that way, which isn't a coincidence. Drive is essentially a loss leader to protect their cash cow.

hirako20003y ago

What's to do with cookies? I understand the comment to refer to ads being by far their main revenue making business, and shaping users browswer preference to keep cookies helps Google make more money via ads.

I didn't even know 3PC was used by google drive. Not sure what could be non cpincidental otuer than a technical reason for it given the very collaborative nature of this tool.

kevin_thibedeau3y ago

The downloads are served from a different domain. It needs 3PC to retrieve the Google auth token. No other service with downloads works that way.

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