And that passes for a comment.

Google didn't write a press release that raises questions - insightful ones that I hardly ever see in other coverage - about their privacy practices and recommends competitors such as Firefox and Brave.

Give me a break. It is delusional to believe that corporations do not regularly float press releases to journalists, which then get recycled into articles, which sometimes include a tiny bit of original research.

Why would I give a break to someone who doesn't give me one?

I'm not sure if you aren't a native English speaker or are just being deliberately obtuse, but I wasn't asking for any consideration on your part. I was expressing disbelief at the apparent naivety of your previous comment where you started off by writing my post "passes for a comment" and then proceeded to argue this article is some kind of insightful work in the area of online privacy.

You never know what valuable things other people have to share, especially if you are curious and open to things you don't already think, if you give people a break; I am constantly surprised. What if we put aside the ridicule?

Which insightful questions did you see in this article? In which ways did they provoke your thoughts?

They raised the issue, which I hardly every see raised, that disabling the feature may not disable data collection. The gave compelling examples of both sides, rather than dismissing one or being inflammatory - the dental hygine example was great, a little personal. They clearly and efficiently spelled out the different modes. They brought up Firefox and the much more obscure Brave, and even more privacy-oriented browsers.

It was great. I'd give it to lay-people who were interested, and as a technical person I don't need to read more.

> the dental hygine example was great, a little personal.

It can be better solved with a calendar notification. No privacy violated and you can add your own information to your notification: you liked this toothbrush, your dentist recommended that toothbrush, you didn't like this store, blah blah.

Is there value in that? Sure. Does that mean that value must be extracted by a business? No.

I wouldn't use it myself, but I couldn't say what is 'better' for other people. Some will prefer Chrome helping them. Lots of people do things that I don't.

Regardless, that's a debate to have with Chrome devs. It's already in the browser and the article is reporting on the browser.