To clarify, my point was that Google has a GUID (your Google account, and likely other forms of ID) that identify you pretty clearly across devices/Chrome instances. Sure Chrome may not be sending a GUID with every request. > "Chrome OS may send a non-unique promotional tag to Google periodically (including during initial setup) and when performing searches with Google." I see a section in the link you provided that reads: I have read it, and respectfully disagree that it sufficiently addresses my very specific point. As a result, when I want to transport my bookmarks I can, although, digging back into my archive more than a year 50% tend to perish due to simple link rot. If it isn't then preferences should be exportable to plaint-text using an open standard.įirefox happily dumps its bookmarks as simple JSON. The default install should be completely useful and practical as-is, on a clean install. Preferences are preferences, and that's all they are. Deeply nested pages, locked away behind a login, 30 clicks deep, and obscured by dark patterns? No. I don't waste my time regularly using web sites that can't provide me with a URL that isn't intended to be typed, and sub pages that I can't readily navigate to.Īddress to long? No soup for you. I don't conduct rampant web searches from the address bar, because an address bar is an address bar, and I only feed it well-formed URLs. I simply turn address bar searches off, or point it to localhost. I don't care about what my search preferences are. I don't carry the expectation that my bookmarks must live on and follow me from machine to machine. Incognito mode at all times, no Google ID ever, trash local history on every exit. Settings and bookmarks are not "data" in any substantial sense. Your Google ID on Windows or you will lose data. You absolutely must link your Google Chrome install to All your extensions, extension settings, etc will continue working as expected whether or not you opt to use Firefox Sync. If a third party bundleware installer hijacks your search engine or homepage, you can simply set them back as they should be. This stands in stark contrast to Firefox which is completely self-contained. Your bookmarks will be restored, but you will lose your settings, extensions, and passwords since your profile was moved to a new PC. This also means that even if you backup your Chrome install, if your PC dies, you can not restore that Chrome install on another PC. As the developer of Google Chrome Portable, this means only your bookmarks move with you as you move PCs unless you're logged in. The actual result is that all your settings are now locked to a specific PC and will be reset anytime anything changes. Things like bundleware installers on Windows that switch it. The goal was to prevent third parties from hijacking your search engine within Chrome. Google Chrome now has a "feature" that will automatically reset your homepage, search settings, wipe all extensions and wipe all extension data whenever it detects an unexpected change to any of your settings files or they do not match up to the PC they are locked to. You absolutely must link your Google Chrome install to your Google ID on Windows or you will lose data.
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