Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data
by dahauns on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:04AM
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>the criticism seem a little off for some reason I can't quite put my finger on.
IMO the reason is quite easy to put the finger on:
It's because it is framing the problem squarely as one of the user, culminating in the phrase that one is "voluntarily choosing".
If you don't want to do research and customize scripts for every friggin' domain/website (and having to do it again when the site structure changes), there is no "voluntary choice".
If you don't want to accept that this "solution" has to forgo a lot of essential characteristics of hypermedia, there is no "voluntary choice".
If you're not technically versed in these things, there never was a "voluntary choice" to begin with.
In general, if you want to use the World Wide Web remotely as it is intended, there is no "voluntary choice".
IMO the reason is quite easy to put the finger on:
It's because it is framing the problem squarely as one of the user, culminating in the phrase that one is "voluntarily choosing".
If you don't want to do research and customize scripts for every friggin' domain/website (and having to do it again when the site structure changes), there is no "voluntary choice".
If you don't want to accept that this "solution" has to forgo a lot of essential characteristics of hypermedia, there is no "voluntary choice".
If you're not technically versed in these things, there never was a "voluntary choice" to begin with.
In general, if you want to use the World Wide Web remotely as it is intended, there is no "voluntary choice".