There are regulatory agencies which have specifically told Google it is not allowed to remove 3rd party cookies without a replacement as while Google would be able to continue to function fine, their competitors would take a major loss.
#!/bin/sh
if [ -z $CHROME ]; then
test -e "$(which chromium)" && CHROME="chromium"
test -e "$(which google-chrome)" && CHROME="google-chrome"
test -e "$(which google-chrome-stable)" && CHROME="google-chrome-stable"
test -e "$(which google-chrome-dev)" && CHROME="google-chrome-dev"
fi
TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /dev/shm/chrome-XXXXX)
$CHROME --user-data-dir=$TMPDIR --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check "$@"
rm -rf $TMPDIRI’ve also been experimenting with Zen[1], which is Firefox based, recently and it seems quite promising in terms of a nicer default UI.
[0] I like Tab Stash, Vimium C, SponsorBlock, Decentraleyes, DeArrow, Archive Page, among others
not privacy