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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by BrianOnHN on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:08AM (#28490967)
Open as in no spyware required.
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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by Razengan on Saturday September 11, 2021 @07:37AM (#28491100)
Uhhhhhhhh do you think websites have no ““spyware””?

Have you heard of biscuits?

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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by ByteJockey on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:58AM (#28492996)
In their defense they did say required.

You've been able to turn off cookies since the beginning in any sort of competent browser.

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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by Razengan on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:18PM (#28493742)
And you’ve been able to allow or deny apps individual permissions on any sort of competent OS.
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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by ByteJockey on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:55PM (#28496864)
I think, since we're talking mobile here, the implication is that the OS is part of the spyware here.

Or I completely screwed up my understanding of this thread. That's also very possible.

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Re:Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile? by heavyset_go on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:12PM (#28494313)
Firefox ships with Enhanced Tracking Protection enabled by default, disabling those tracking cookies and other trackers from the first time you launch the browser[1].

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

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