KenW wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:34:55 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 23 Jun 2018, Ralph Fox wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Users are going to Chrome, not to IE.

Chrome has around 60% of the desktop browser market share. IE is
under 10% and declining. Times have changed.
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I'm sorry to hear that. I quite dislike Chrome, though I use it on one
of my computers because it seems to use slightly less resources than
my first choice, Firefox. I find Chrome to be more annoying and less
functional than most other browsers. Not to mention the Google privacy
questions...

If you are worried about privacy, stay off of the net PERIOD.
Since switching from FF to Chrome, I haven't had a site not render
correctly.

KenW

That's not the question though.

If I visit Newegg and look for a product like say a
SATA cable, then visit my favorite news site, should
I be confronted with a 6" x 2" banner advert from
Newegg, full of SATA cables ? Some of these banner adverts
packed full of images of stuff, are sucking the life out
of the browser, and you can barely scroll.

The adverts got there by tracking. Tracking that's
very difficult to get rid of. All it takes is your
browser logging into Google and collecting info
for "places.sqlite" or the like, to identify who you
are, and bring back the Newegg adverts again. That's
because just as many Google cookies are used to track
you as Newegg cookies.

It's one thing for Newegg to keep a cookie and show
me SATA cables the next time I visit Newegg. It's another
to turn my browser usage into a constant barrage
of Newegg adverts.

Paul