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minus-squareWoedenaz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoI got the pop-up on desktop chrome yesterday and I had to intentionally go to the settings and turn them off. Maybe it’s different on mobile chrome? I don’t know but it was absolutely opt-out on desktop. I use Firefox as my main browser but work requires I use chrome for some stupid bullshit. Otherwise I wouldn’t touch the browser at all.
minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoSo your region does not have laws prevent them from automatically enabling it.
I got the pop-up on desktop chrome yesterday and I had to intentionally go to the settings and turn them off.
Maybe it’s different on mobile chrome? I don’t know but it was absolutely opt-out on desktop.
I use Firefox as my main browser but work requires I use chrome for some stupid bullshit. Otherwise I wouldn’t touch the browser at all.
So your region does not have laws prevent them from automatically enabling it.