I'm still leaving, maybe even more-so because of the false heartfelt "ok let's do it your way". I will not be patronized, we're not on the same team anymore.
"It is not from the benevolence (kindness) of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."
Regardless of motivation (which is ultimately unknowable), is the tangible response from Google adequate?
Furthermore, this is not one mistake. This is the loudest and most obvious mistake in a trail of increasingly adversarial moves.
Maybe Google's bottom line will go up, but it won't be with me, or with anyone I know if I can help it.
Anyone who accepts this as "listening the users", and addressing the issues will likely get burned again in the future.
Google is a advertising company. Their customers are not their users, and therefore I think things are unlikely to change.
Cannot be overstated. The incentive structure is clear and the subsequent evolution is happening.
Interesting concept. Care to expound? Would be interested in hearing more.
It's obvious really, and Google never denied it.
They will be deleting all cookies by default, how is that now privacy friendly?
The core feature itself, setting it off by default defeats the whole point of the feature, because it's for the 99.99% of users that are not power-users. It's also not a privacy issue because, again, sync is off by default.
This is PR. It's damage limitation.