Google’s fixing a cookie downside with Drive downloads, however not the most important one

However, whereas we interpreted the unique submit as making use of to all downloads from Google Drive, Google has up to date its submit on the Workspace Updates weblog to make clear that this doesn’t change something for those who’re utilizing the location straight. For anybody utilizing Chrome with third-party cookies blocked, this workaround to manually unblock third-party cookies only for Google Drive continues to be required to allow downloads straight inside Google’s service on Google’s browser for the foreseeable future.

Google’s weblog submit doesn’t clarify why Google Drive presently depends on third-party cookies, however there’s speculation that it’s as a result of the service makes use of a separate area (googleusercontent.com) to host content material uploaded by customers as a safety measure. The cookies are then used to confirm that you’ve permission to obtain a given file.

Correction October twentieth, 2:27PM ET: Google’s submit originally learn, “Starting January 2, 2024, Drive will start serving downloads without requiring third-party cookies.” After publication, the submit has been up to date so as to add a clarifying assertion that “This is separate from downloading files from Drive.”