Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting

Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting by indigochill on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:11AM (#23779304)

Just make it deliberately inconvenient for normal schlubs to use. CLI-only BBSes for life.

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Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:32AM (#23779462)

I know you are making a joke, but a barrier of entry is definitely part of the equation here. Right now, a good portion of the web development seems focused on removing friction as much as possible.

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Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting by TheRealDunkirk on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:20AM (#23779845)

USENET, with a proper client, sat on a wonderful local maxima for usability and usefulness, and technical complexity to weed out the riff-raff. I miss those days.

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Re:Reddit's website uses DRM for fingerprinting by rs23296008n1 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @10:17AM (#23780494)

Now I know why the gopher / gemini project exists.

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