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Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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A better way of turning it off is uninstalling it
On desktop, I'm really wondering why people use it. I mean it's not pre-installed for windows, what makes people choose Chrome in 2023?
Google search engine
"Hey! Install Chrome!"
Even with Edge, google is synonymous with web searching for most people.