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Well Google certainly would not do that with Chrome. Firefox, Safari and Edge however could explore such ideas putting pressure on Google. It could be an option during setup, like disable tracking and known advertisers. That certainly would make a difference, bunch of things would break but alternatives would pop up quickly I'd assume



> Firefox, Safari and Edge

Given how much Microsoft has been pushing ads in W10, we're not going to see this push coming from Microsoft anytime soon.


MS play this game because they have to. If they had the option to cut Google off cold they would take it in a heartbeat.




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