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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by sbarre on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:43AM (#21583005)
Agreed. If ads are served by the site I'm visiting and don't include cross-site tracking bugs, then I think that should be acceptable to most.

Speaking for myself, I've never been opposed to ads on sites (within reason - popovers are trash), because I understand that creating content costs money, but I don't like all the tracking that comes with them.

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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by cyborgx7 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:54AM (#21583087)
It's always fun to read comments by people who clearly only read the title and haven't clicked on the link.
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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by sbarre on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:51PM (#21588374)
I did actually click the link and read the whole Github issue thread, and the discussion here, before commenting.

But I was actually responding to the parent's comment (this is a threaded discussion, yes?) about how actual first-party ads are less objectionable than third-party tracking.

But thanks for adding your thoughts.

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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by jrochkind1 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @10:42AM (#21595198)
There's no reason code served from the "first party" can't also participate in cross-site tracking, just by using cross-site API's on the back-end to report user actions to a central tracker.

It is more technically challenging to implement. If it becomes necessary, I'm sure there will be plenty of money invested in making it easier for the content providers to participate in such things.

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