• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I got signed out when the new tracking updates went live, figured I’d just use incognito.

    But I couldn’t even open an incognito window, it kept bringing up a normal one and saying I had to sign in to use chrome.

    So I downloaded Firefox.

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      10 months ago

      Sign in to what though? That’s what I still don’t understand, I’ve never used a browser that had a mandatory account (except maybe AOL in the 90s but that wasn’t really a browser)…

      But of course, downloading Firefox is definitely the right choice. :)

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        10 months ago

        they are claiming that you have to be signed into chrome, the browser, in order to open an incognito window.

        yea, it sounds a little crazy. i don’t use chrome, so i can’t confirm that’s the case. i haven’t run into any articles claiming this either, just this post and one other elsewhere awhile back that does.

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          10 months ago

          OK then this is my culture shock because I’ve never “signed in” to a browser in my life. All I want to know is what are people signing in to?