Re:Undocumented Catalina file access change
by oneeyedpigeon on Thursday December 19, 2019 @08:31AM
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Not only does your website not have to make money, it doesn’t have to:
- make money via advertising
- make money via advertising that tracks the user
- make money via advertising that tracks the user and hands over that data to a third party
- make money via advertising that tracks the user, hands over that data to a third party, and opens a security hole in doing so
I’m increasingly annoyed as I go down that list, but I might be willing to accept some of the behaviour at the top of it.
Making money is not functionality to me. (Also, note that your website doesn't have to make money: I run my personal blog at a monetary loss, just like many other people.)
> The EU law says I have to disclose lots of stuff and get your consent before tracking you. So every website added a disclosure and consent button, and every user clicked on it.
Right, what they didn't realize that everyone would just make it super annoying in an attempt to lampoon the law instead of actually changing their behavior because they'd just make usage of their website conditional on it. Hence GDPR, where now users can actually click "no" and not be penalized for it.