Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

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Perplexity's CEO announced plans to launch a browser that will track users' online activities to sell hyper personalized ads. The browser, named Comet, aims to gather data beyond the app to create better user profiles and offer relevant ads. The company is following a similar strategy to Google and has also secured a partnership with Motorola to pre-install its app on the Razr series. Talks with Samsung are ongoing.

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

Another one added to the default app uninstall list

A new browser looking to gather my data, and sell me ads. Yeah, that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for.

Whatever drugs this guy is taking, they’re not serving him well.

even for the regular person this would be too dystopian for use.

I like how innovation is dead, and the only “new products” we get are just Dystopian privacy eliminators completely controlled by private equity. I’m starting to think the future is getting some land and a farm and turning my phone off forever.