Wahaha wrote on April 29, 2021 at 8:22 PM

#4,227

Is this only part of Chrome or will this become an integral part of the engine that basically all other browsers use, too?

BlackWinnerYoshi wrote on April 29, 2021 at 8:38 PM

#4,228

Replying to (#4,227)

It looks like it will be embedded in a way that can be disabled. In fact, Brave and Vivaldi have already stated FLoC will be disabled. ungoogled-chromium didn't state anything about it AFAIK, but since it disabled everything Google, it will probably disable FLoC too.

Wahaha wrote on April 30, 2021 at 7:54 AM

#4,233

Replying to (#4,228)

Is there a difference between ungoogled-chromium and chromium-browser? I've got the latter in my repository (Linux Mint), but not the former.

BlackWinnerYoshi wrote on April 30, 2021 at 11:33 AM

#4,235

Replying to (#4,233)

The difference is that ungoogled-chromium disables connections and integrations to Google. Since I have a feeling the chromium-browser Mint package might still contain those, you might need to download the package manually. I think AppImage, Debian, or the portable builds should work.

DcscZx5idox wrote on May 2, 2021 at 10:50 AM (edited on May 2, 2021 at 10:52 AM)

#4,253

Replying to (#4,228)

Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy for Android.
This browser is disabled FLoC by default since version 90.0.4430.101.

BlackWinnerYoshi wrote on May 2, 2021 at 1:51 PM

#4,254

Replying to (#4,253)

Bromite is only for Android, but I guess Android web browsers are missed when mentioning FLoC. Also, from what I see, CalyxOS build of Chromium either has FLoC disabled by default (and it is on version 89, by the way) or I haven't been FLoC'd. Actually, since I disabled third-party cookies, I can't be FLoC'd. And also, it doesn't look like the Calyx Institute mentioned FLoC and whenever they disabled it in their build of Chromium.