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Regarding language, I'm going to guess that you downloaded a localized build that set that locale as the preferred language, or that it is coming from your OS: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/949545

Chrome has this also: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/173424?hl=en

Suggesting an "underhanded user-memory choice" is a serious claim. It might be worth comparing your browsers' language settings.

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To clarify the minor point, I'm talking about the primary language of Google search results, on Chromium the front-page of search results is always English. On Firefox it's entirely Spanish or whatever other local language of my location. Yes my locale / OS defaults are set correctly and unrelated.

> Suggesting an "underhanded user-memory choice" is a serious claim. It might be worth comparing your browsers' language settings.

I'm saying two things: a) Chromium / Chrome prioritizes recognizing the same-user. b) Maybe they are (accidentally?) very bad are remembering non-chrome users. As I said if it's an accident I'd be surprised, try it next you visit a foreign country.

Is it redirecting you to a local site, or using a different language on Google.com? Maybe you've done https://www.google.com/ncr (No Country Redirect) on Chrome, but not on Firefox?

No (not for /ncr) I am saying the default search (think mobile-phone home-screen search-bar) if directed to Chrome almost always tends to work (and if I tell it to switch once to English it will remember across Wifi networks) where as Firefox is more iffy. I'm not sure it's as serious as OP conveys, I mean are you really going to complain about Google failing to track you? But I've been quite annoyed to search for something and get all of my results repetitively in a foreign language.

anecodatal: Have seen and paid a large price differences on airline tickets (google flights referrer? ) with and without /ncr ($500++)

FF and Chrome both gave me Japanese in Japan until I did the ncr trick. I think both browsers sniff your locale in various ways.

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