notice that if you disable javascript by default most cookie banners disappear and everything becomes better. Then you can enable it per-site if you need something in particular.
I usually allow images on every page, that's it. Some need CSS, some need iframes, and a small subset of websites I visit are actual webapps that need javascript.
https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24532973
I want to switch to uBlock's Advanced mode which seems to do similar things, but I haven't yet.
They will absolutely not accept going back in time just 5 years in terms of revenue. They will fight to the death over every dollar.
A quick search makes it apparent to me that most people do want personalized ads, or at least think they do, while at the same time most people don't want the behind-the-scenes tech that makes it possible.
They think if they keep badgering you enough you will eventually cave and say yes.
I hope free software micropayments payperview can be part of the web! Maybe with GNU Taler or Offset by Freedomlayer[0]
I honestly think there’s a good case to be made for banning advertising entirely, and replacing it with a societal stipend for art and media, or at least restricting it to specific places. The back of newspapers, for example.
I’m sure there are plenty of problems with and arguments against the idea, but it’s definitely worth discussing
The same with the stipend - we actually have this is my country Sweden, called “press support”. It’s a massive political tool because of the bias of the gov agency workers who administrate it. It has also been used by one party (C) to make a newspaper empire, making the party one of the richest in the world, in large part by milking these press support stipends. The same party recently had multiple pedophilia scandals, which they don’t write about in their own publications.
“Man plans, God laughs” and this applies to any attempt to centrally plan economics.
I personally hope Offset by Freedomlayer can be the solution to micropayments online. If only I could incentivise the author of it to make an iOS version
Some people do. I would like to see relevant ads (of good special offers especially) if somebody could guarantee the ads are going to be humble and unintrusive), the goods advertised are of high quality and no-scam, the information they get from tracking can not be seen by any 3rd party (including legal authorities) and used for any purpose other than good recommendations under any circumstances ever.
When I just finished school I didn't mind cookies (and actually hoped ads relevance was going to increase and increase) because I didn't think about the dangers which come with them.
There are people who still believe they have nothing to hide and don't mind relevant offers.
If you’re still not clear on why it brings poor incentives, or you disagree, think about it this way:
For a company like Netflix, their customers are the people who use their service, and their product is their service. i.e. they’re selling how much you like their content. They don’t care about how long or addictively you watched it, as long as you pay every month. This is healthy.
For a company than runs a TV channel, their customers - for the most part - are advertisers, and their product is their viewers. They’re selling the viewership of their channel to companies. I.e. they’re selling how long and intently they can keep you watching their channel, and how easily they can get you to open your wallet. This is clearly unhealthy.
This applies heavily to the digital media environment too. I can give more examples, if it’d help
This won't work:
- browsers other than Chrome will say "no tracking" by default, tracking companies won't like that
- websites will ignore this, this will be known and people will be upset even more
- more javascript when we want less