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joeyh on Dec 11, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for ...

It's easier to change chromium to use a search engine other than google than it is to change firefox.

I don't see any difference in handling of tracking cookies between chromium and firefox. Both offer very limited cookie handling really.

encoderer on Dec 11, 2009 [–]

Chrome doesn't support the API calls needed to do proper ad blocking.

And as for cookie handling, XPCom is a delightfully complete API. It's a platform. Chrome isn't nearly there yet. And there's not much evidence that they want to be.

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