Re:A few simple steps to vastly increase your privacy online
by gdfasfklshg4 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:26PM
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If a login form breaks because of an ad-blocker then the site is broken. Ad-blockers have a bigger market share than most browsers!
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Re:A few simple steps to vastly increase your privacy online
by rashkov on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:39PM
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I agree that the website is the thing that is broken. Their code looked like this:
reportToTracker('userActionSubmit');
submitForm();
The first line threw an exception. They should have surrounded that line with a try/catch block. And they should have tested against popular adblockers as well as popular browsers. But it's also within their right to not care about adblockers, and live with the consequences of upset customers. Unfortunately, very few customers will complain, so this becomes an externalized cost which the website owner never sees.Practically speaking, if I install an adblocker on my friend's computer, and their mobile provider website stops working, then I personally feel some responsibility for making my friend's web experience a bit worse.
Re:A few simple steps to vastly increase your privacy online
by gruez on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:01PM
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>Ad-blockers have a bigger market share than most browsers!
Browsers adhere to standards. Meanwhile, there are hundreds/thousands of filter subscription combinations that people use, along with several adblocking extensions.