Google is now moderating user's bookmarks and removing them. : assholedesign

[–] [email protected] 379 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Nah. If you want to be outraged at Google, at least be correct.

This has to do with Google "collections", not synced bookmarks. Afaik, collections are a thing you only access on mobile through the google app, this doesn't even have anything to do with Chrome.

If you run chrome on mobile, for example, you don't have access to the collections. It's only through the google app.

Almost certain they monitor collections because they can be shared with public.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 11 months ago (27 children)

They shouldn't be monitored either way in my opinion as it's just a bunch of links, but especially not while still private.

Ultimately I don't think it quite matters if it technically is bookmarks or "collections", they seem clearly used in the same manner in this case.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't care if you're mad about it like I said. I just care about accuracy. The person in the screenshot and this thread's title are both inaccurate.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They aren't. They are made from links that appear in Google search results. Google is notifying the person that the link you've saved is being removed. Therefore it will be removed from your collection as well.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago

I'm getting really sick at the amount of misinformation that gets spread here. There's plenty of stuff to hate Google without making shit up, and resorting to misleading titles.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Wtf is a collections?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Crazy that I had to scroll past 9 other comments to reach this one. Maybe I oughta start sorting comments by top.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Upvote this post to stop spreading misinformation please

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[–] [email protected] 191 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get. Away. From. Google.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's really that simple for much of their products. I really don't understand why people still insist on using chrome, in particular. Google is a horrible company that would literally sell you into slavery if it was legal and they thought it'd boost their ad business somehow.

[–] Sabre363 32 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Part of the problem is that Google has an entire ecosystem that is ridiculously useful and is designed to hook people and keep them around. And once they're hooked it's really hard to move away from, even if it's in their best interest.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, parts of that ecosystem start deteriorating as they slowly abandon the product, until it reaches a point of being borderline useless. Then, they just deactivate it with little to no warning. Sometimes they just shut things down even if they're popular (such as Google Poly).

For example, their line of home security cameras are getting worse in quality and usefulness. I feel like it's only a matter of time until the Nest service shuts down.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Everyone says Apple's walled garden is a problem.

Google built something far more insidious. higher walls but glass, no garden just a swamp of ads.

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[–] [email protected] 147 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Google keeps taking L's and firefox keeps taking W's. If they keep going maybe firefox will be most used browser again

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (15 children)

I hate that I have to keep chrome on my machine because some sites I visit don’t work well, or at all, on Firefox.

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 11 months ago (4 children)

firefox doesn't do this

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (15 children)

Neither does NextCloud. Self hosted bookmarks have been great.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Neither does Chrome

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Are you fucking shitting me rn? I am sick of how lame this dystopian future is. Where are my neon lights and grungy underground bars? All we get in this timeline are takedown notices, corporate overreach, disappearing content and DMCA strikes.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)

TBF in your grungy cyberverse the corporatocracy would simply try to kill you or turn you into a vegetable instead of sending you a DMCA violation notice by email.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well they do exist you just have to look for them

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[+] [email protected] 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 months ago

People who still use Google Chrome in 2023 should not be surprised. Firefox gang stays winning

[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago

Op you're so easily fooled

[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Fake, as that site is brand new and has nothing on it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Google has plenty of skeletons in their closet. OP didn't have to make up new ones.

Internet will internet though I guess

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am so incredibly sick of this intrusive digital dystopia.

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[+] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Brave is built on chromium...

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

getfirefox.com and disable google search in your preferences. F*ck google.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

I'm sorry, WHAT?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Is this just chrome? Or does this affect all chromium browsers? And yes, I already use FF, but I also use Brave for when FF doesn't work.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

guess i'm not using opera anymore, time for firefox.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

what's a bookmark? i have 400 tabs

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Not on firefox they're not

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Is this an old screenshot? The email looks like a screenshot of a screenshot, of a screenshot, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

the only two things that shock me about this is

That it took until now for it to happen
that people are shocked by it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Good thing I've been using Raindrop.io to manage my bookmarks for years because I used to switch browsers so often. I've settled on Firefox for the most part, but am looking forward to Arc on Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

As people have said, this is fake, but why would you keep any important data with Google anyway?

[+] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Google doing google things. Nothing to see here

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