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A lot of developers dunk on Google for Chrome pushing people to sign in to their Google account for sync.

For elderly non-tech folks like my Dad's close friend, signing into Chrome Profile/Sync (whatever it's now called) is like "signing into the internet". "I can check my e-mail, browse the internet". He doesn't remember a single password, except for Google and Facebook. He doesn't know "what passwords do".

If any other browser opens up for whatever reason (sometimes PDF files open in Edge), he's totally at sea.




To be fair, I use Firefox to achieve pretty much the same thing.




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