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Donn Felker

Kaushik Gopal

Fragmented

In this episode, Donn and KG talk about the post Tim Bray recently wrote - [Why Google did Android](https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-Android). They then touch on Chrome becoming a monopoly and tips on what folks can do to be a little more privacy conscious on the web.

In this episode, Donn and KG talk about the post Tim Bray recently wrote - [Why Google did Android](https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-Android). They then touch on Chrome becoming a monopoly and tips on what folks can do to be a little more privacy conscious on the web.

## Shownotes

* [Why Google did Android](https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-Android)
* KG privacy notes [2019](https://blog.kaush.co/2019/01/21/new-year-2019/#care-about-your-privacy) -> [2020](https://blog.kaush.co/2020/02/04/2020/#care-about-your-privacy)
* [DuckDuck Bang syntax](https://duckduckgo.com/bang)

### Google Chromium and Ad-blocking

* [Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users](https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterprise-manifest-v3/)
* [Google saying it isn't killing Ad Blockers. Ad Blockers Disagree](https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/)

## Misc

* [New Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4501095/download-the-new-microsoft-edge-based-on-chromium)
* Download [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
* Firefox [Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/) add-on + [Temporary Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/) for the privacy conscious.

### Follow up from a previous episode:

* [Svelte : framework that spawned from New York Times](https://svelte.dev/). Thanks [Midhun](https://twitter.com/midhunhk/status/1227055151967502336).

## Contact

*   [@fragmentedcast][11] or [our Youtube channel][10]
*   [@donnfelker][13] and [donnfelker][14] (on Instagram)
*   [@kaushikgopal][15] or [blog.kaush.co][16]

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 [16]: https://blog.kaush.co

Donn Felker

@donnfelker

Kaushik Gopal

@kaushikgopal

Fragmented · February 24, 2020

190: The Privacy of ***********

Shownotes

Google Chromium and Ad-blocking

Misc

Follow up from a previous episode:

Contact