Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible
by Nextgrid on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:54AM
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Another legitimate usage use-case is to wade through bullshit, dark patterns, ads & co in an automated way. See Invidious, Nitter, Teddit, etc.
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Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible
by uniqueuid on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:12AM
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While I love those attempts (kind of like ublock origin on a server), you can easily see how they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. They have all the vulnerability of fraudsters, and none of the benefits of authentic users.
That's why most of them seem to be perpetually banned.
[edit] Now, if someone would build an onion router that ran on people's end devices and served as a proxy network for these front ends, that would be interesting ... but would probably end up getting lots of people blocked, so please don't take it seriously.
Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible
by Nextgrid on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:15AM
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> but would probably end up getting lots of people blocked
These scum companies rely on "engagement", so they can only block people if it's a minority. If _everyone_ participates, they have no choice but to accept it (or maybe change their product so there's no incentive to run these unofficial front-ends in the first place).