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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history (www.theregister.com)
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[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, how old is that MacBook? I think you should ask for a hardware upgrade, because both Chromium based browsers and Firefox don’t use too much resources and run smoothly on the newer models. I can’t say that Chrome isn’t buggy, as I barely use it, but I have never encountered a Firefox bug on any of my devices.

[–] msage@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Doesn't every browser on Apple hardware use Safari for rendering?

[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

macOS is a desktop OS. It has a terminal, it lets you download that sketchy .app file from a random website, and it allows browsers to use their own engines. So, not too different from Windows or Linux.

You are correct for iOS and iPadOS though. They must use the WebKit rendering engine. All browsers on those are just Safari reskins.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's just an iOS thing, got it.

Still weird, I truly yearn for the Linux Phone

[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but too much Google involved

[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Fair, you can always degoogle it though.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

On iOS and iPadOS they do but not on MacOS to my knowledge