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Attached: 1 image So this, from Firefox, is fucking toxic: https://mstdn.social/@Lokjo/112772496939724214 You might be aware Chrome— a browser made by an ad company— has been trying to claw back the limitations recently placed on ad networks by the death of third-party cookies, and added new features that gather and report data directly to ad networks. You'd know this because Chrome displayed a popup. If you're a Firefox user, what you probably don't know is Firefox added this feature and *has already turned it on without asking you*
  • drspod
    English
    137·
    5 months ago

    Firefox is not pandering to advertisers. If anything, I feel they are compromising with them

    I don’t want to compromise with advertisers. I want to block them and not be tracked by them.

    So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

    But if it’s successful, it’ll rock for us.

    If you think this will make one iota of difference in advertiser behavior then you must have been born yesterday.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      113·
      5 months ago

      I want to block them and not be tracked by them.

      Nothing about this change inhibits your ability to block ads.

      So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

      That’s the thing: it’s NOT tracking YOUR data. Nothing about this ties data to you. It’s in the name: Privacy-Preserving Advertising.

      If you think this will make one iota of difference in advertiser behavior then you must have been born yesterday.

      And yet you’ve forgotten to wish me a happy birthday. How rude! 😤

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

      You can opt out.

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      33·
      5 months ago

      You are free as a user to touch grass, and to run an Adblock that enforces your preferences.