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Apple may soon track when Google promotes Chrome inside Safari

9to5Mac • Mon, 05 Oct 2026

Apple may be preparing to track when Google promotes Chrome or the Google app to users browsing in Safari, and how users react to those promotions. Here are the details. more…

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Apple may be preparing to track when Google promotes Chrome or the Google app to users browsing in Safari, and how users react to those promotions. Here are the details. more…

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Apple may be preparing to track when Google promotes Chrome or the Google app to users browsing in Safari, and how users react to those promotions.

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