Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Google owning our data

Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by davidwihl on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:15AM (#16921228)

I am so done with these rants while the hosting page has 16 potential trackers reported by Privacy Badger, including both Facebook and Google. If you are truly outraged, do something about it besides baiting me with even more trackers. Regulate yourself before asking governments and courts to regulate everyone else.

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Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by dfxm12 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @10:51AM (#16922002)

I would assume the author of this piece has very little input into the layout of the site. If you have genuine concerns about that, is this the most fruitful place to air them?

Try this: https://thenextweb.com/about/#contact

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Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by davidwihl on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:32PM (#16923204)

If this topic is so important to the author why would he choose a host that is contradictory to his point? I don't have a problem with thenextweb.com. I have a problem with people who do not practice what they preach.

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Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by FussyZeus on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:22AM (#16921283)

Not working with Facebook and Google is suicide for a media outlet right now, and as consumers of news, we're not entirely blameless in that dilemma.

Doesn't justify the tracking and intrusive ads, all I'm saying is, businesses are gonna business. Even here, an aggregator and community I respect, people complain about trackers and in the next breath, get angry because sites like the Wall Street Journal have setup paywalls, and some even get angry about things like the Guardian asking for a donation at the end of their articles.

I mean I can't imagine these news sites enjoy selling their souls to the Devil, but it's not like we gave them a massive list of alternatives.

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Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by Rjevski on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:30AM (#16921342)

"Working" with Facebook and Google doesn't mean embedding their trackers into your site. You can still link to your content on Facebook/Google without the trackers on the actual site.

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Re:Why we should collectively worry about Facebook and Googl... by imgabe on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @10:24AM (#16921763)

> I mean I can't imagine these news sites enjoy selling their souls to the Devil, but it's not like we gave them a massive list of alternatives.

It's not like they gave us anything worth an alternative. Most news is garbage and has little to no immediate impact on anyone's life that would make it worth paying for.

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