Re:Flattr 2.0 launches to the public
by leephillips on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:15AM
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I think this is the main reason basically everyone has switched to uBlock Origin. Which, by the way, works quite well.
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And ghostery
Doesn't Ghostery too make money from selling their hoarded user data to the very same advertisers and marketers?
EDIT: Yep, it does - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Business_model
"Millions of people use the tool Ghostery to block online tracking technology—some may not realize that it feeds data to the ad industry."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/516156/a-popular-ad-block...
Which also has an interesting opt-in Business Model.
Ghostery also has some tracking built-in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
Re:Flattr 2.0 launches to the public
by karrotwaltz on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:33AM
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I tried to switch to the open source Disconnect when I heard Ghostery was acquired by an ad company, but it wasn't on Ghostery's level.
The redirect / social button blocker with the "allow once" option is really pleasant.
Re:Flattr 2.0 launches to the public
by TorKlingberg on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:25AM
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Ghostery keeps trying to steal my attention with annoying popups.