Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome(9to5mac.com)
269 points by ivell | 450 comments
9to5Mac article on Apple's 'Switch to Safari' marketing campaign arguing Safari is more powerful and private than Chrome.
#google-chrome on Hacker News
24 stories tagged google-chrome, newest first.
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings(lapcatsoftware.com)
508 points by ExMachina73 | 89 comments
Jeff Johnson's blog post reporting that Chrome 152 again exempts Google-owned sites from the user setting to delete site data, six years after a similar bug.
Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension(neowin.net)
345 points by d3Xt3r | 322 comments
Neowin news article on Google Chrome permanently dropping Manifest V2 extensions, ending uBlock Origin workarounds, with Edge and Opera expected to follow.
Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers(old.reddit.com)
532 points by newsoftheday | 201 comments
Reddit r/chrome thread about Chrome removing a claim that its on-device AI does not send data to Google servers; the page was blocked by Reddit's network policy.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent(thatprivacyguy.com)
1603 points by john-doe | 1060 comments
Blog post by Alexander Hanff arguing Google Chrome silently downloads a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model without consent, raising privacy, legal and climate concerns.
Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data(qcontinuum.substack.com)
416 points by qcontinuum1 | 170 comments
A Substack post reporting that 287 Chrome extensions with about 37 million users were found spying on users' browsing data.
Google is killing the open web, part 2(wok.oblomov.eu)
326 points by akagusu | 280 comments
Blog post criticizing Google's move to deprecate XSLT in browsers and its proposed JavaScript polyfill replacement, framed as harming the open web.
XSLT RIP(xslt.rip)
615 points by edent | 397 comments
Retro-styled protest site about Google's October 2025 intent to deprecate and remove XSLT from Chrome by 2027, listing it among things killed by Google.
Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update(0x44.xyz)
941 points by deryilz | 816 comments
Blog post describing a Chrome bug that let extensions keep using webRequestBlocking to bypass Manifest V3's restrictions on adblockers.
Chrome's hidden X-Browser-Validation header reverse engineered(github.com)
340 points by dsekz | 116 comments
GitHub repository with a Python toolkit that reverse engineers and generates Chrome's private x-browser-validation integrity header.
Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed(9to5google.com)
571 points by tantalor | 271 comments
9to5Google article reporting that PayPal's Honey browser extension has lost about 4 million Chrome users after revelations about its shady affiliate tactics.
uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store(chromewebstore.google.com)
1610 points by non- | 803 comments
Chrome Web Store listing for uBlock Origin showing a warning that the extension may soon no longer be supported and suggesting alternatives.
"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"(developer.chrome.com)
462 points by freedomben | 406 comments
Chrome for Developers documentation page outlining the Manifest V2 extension support and phase-out timeline in Chrome.
Chrome is entrenching third-party cookies that will mislead users(brave.com)
468 points by NayamAmarshe | 267 comments
Brave blog post arguing that Chrome's Related Website Sets feature entrenches third-party cookies for some sites in ways that will mislead users about privacy.
Fixing a bug in Google Chrome as a first-time contributor(cprimozic.net)
597 points by Ameo | 150 comments
A blog post recounting the author's experience fixing a bug in Chromium/Google Chrome as a first-time contributor, from building the code to code review and release.
Google Chrome has an API accesible only from *.google.com(twitter.com)
711 points by develatio | 285 comments
An X (Twitter) post claiming Google Chrome exposes a browser API that is only accessible to pages on *.google.com domains; the post content did not load.
Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners(github.com)
714 points by ben_s | 269 comments
GitHub repository for Under New Management, a Chrome extension that detects when installed Chrome extensions have changed owners.
Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates(arstechnica.com)
325 points by my12parsecs | 277 comments
Ars Technica article on how Chrome's Manifest V3 extension platform slows ad blocker updates, hampering their ability to respond to YouTube and other ad changes.
Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads(theconversation.com)
454 points by ed_westin | 323 comments
The Conversation article explaining Google Chrome's new ad-targeting and tracking system (Privacy Sandbox) and what users need to know about it.
Chrome now tracks users and shares a “topic” list with advertisers(arstechnica.com)
738 points by edvinbesic | 437 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that Google launched its Privacy Sandbox ad platform in Chrome, which tracks browsing and shares a list of interest topics with advertisers.
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome(theverge.com)
323 points by pjmlp | 204 comments
The Verge article criticizing Microsoft for using malware-like Windows 11 pop-ups to push users away from Google Chrome and toward Bing.
A list of recent hostile moves by Google's Chrome team(mastodon.social)
841 points by luu | 491 comments
A Mastodon post listing recent controversial moves by Google's Chrome team, such as Manifest v3, JPEG XL removal, and Web Environment Integrity, urging users to switch browsers.
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web(arstechnica.com)
891 points by jakobdabo | 359 comments
Ars Technica article on Google's proposed Web Integrity API, being prototyped in Chrome, which critics say would act as a DRM-style gatekeeper for the web.
Microsoft broke a Chrome feature to promote Edge(gizmodo.com)
392 points by adrian_mrd | 271 comments
Gizmodo news article reporting that Microsoft broke a Google Chrome feature on Windows in order to push users toward its Edge browser.