Don't let Chrome's big redesign distract you from the fact that Chrome's invasive new ad platform, ridiculously branded the "Privacy Sandbox," is also getting a widespread rollout in Chrome today. If you haven't been following this, this feature will track the web pages you visit and generate a list of advertising topics that it will share with web pages whenever they ask, and it's built directly into the Chrome browser.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/
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@fexd
And they are building this shit into Android too: https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/19/android_15_first_developer_preview/
There's a way to replace the system WebView implementation with Bromite and the likes, but it still looks like a much bigger problem to me.