uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking

Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by Normal_gaussian on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:45AM (#21583021)

Essentially most sites are not "owned" by a single technical authority in the business - this is the main reason such a simple workaround goes unused.

The key parts there are: - single - technical - authority

Watching businesses attempt an integration of a line code anywhere to download the third party tool is painfully hilarious.

Getting them to set up a DNS record to point to you is often so far off the table its playing in the forest with the faeries. Having them pull your code and serve it statically alongside their site... I couldn't imagine

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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by cyborgx7 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:52AM (#21583065)

I believe you, but this still seems strange to me with the overdesigned behemoths, on the verge of toppling over at any moment, most big corporate sites appear to be nowadays.

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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by mobjack on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:40AM (#21584262)

Websites get bloated because the companies aren't aware of all the tracking going on in the first place.

What usually happens is that the marketing team signs a contract then developers copy and paste a JavaScript snippet to embed on the website and move on.

The work arounds require much more intention and the solutions can be hacky like modifying urls in a minified JS file.

If that tracking is blocked, it is invisible to the company especially if only the third party who has access to the data.

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Re:uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking by paol on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:55AM (#21583092)

I agree, but given enough incentive these barriers can be overcome. I thing these are signs that ad-blocking is becoming sufficiently painful to provide that incentive.

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