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Re:Do nice guys come second? by chinathrow on Friday July 29, 2016 @09:10AM (#12186556)
Yes you can, actually. It's just more work to set it up properly but you absolutely can track user easily server side and you can serve ads without JS just fine.
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Re:Do nice guys come second? by marcosdumay on Friday July 29, 2016 @10:46AM (#12187154)
But you can't automatically relay those capabilities to untrusted 3rd parties. And that's where the money is.
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Re:Do nice guys come second? by chinathrow on Friday July 29, 2016 @11:19AM (#12187387)
Can you elaborate on there the money is exactly? Is it in selling data points about your visitors?
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Re:Do nice guys come second? by marcosdumay on Saturday July 30, 2016 @10:30AM (#12193114)
It is in running 3rd party trackers on your site.
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