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Re:Building a more private web: A path towards making third ... by vbezhenar on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:28PM (#22047746)
Blocking ad tracking means breaking the web. It's OK if user willingly wants to break the web for himself by installing addons. But blocking standard mechanisms by default is unacceptable, at least before you develop new standards. Countless websites were broken because browsers started to block popup windows. It was extremely stupid decision.
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Re:Building a more private web: A path towards making third ... by RockIslandLine on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:50PM (#22048545)
"Countless websites were broken because they used popup windows."

I fixed it for you.

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Re:Building a more private web: A path towards making third ... by JohnFen on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @07:08PM (#22050556)
> Blocking ad tracking means breaking the web.

So, this monster is "too big to fail"? All the more reason to kill it now before it gets even worse.

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