Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by azalemeth on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:25AM
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The trouble is, they're mostly Microsoft and either Azure or AWS behind the scenes. The UK government as a whole seems to love Microsoft. I just worry it will be out of the frying pan and into the fire...
Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by ssl232 on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:25AM
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Brit here. On your last point, there is no such widespread attitude in the UK towards government. We are historically conservative, but not libertarian. Don't forget two of the most famous and loved British institutions are the BBC and the NHS. I'm not saying such attitudes don't exist, because they do, but it's not "all-prevailing" by any stretch.
Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by sofixa on Monday February 21, 2022 @02:28AM
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I think it's a typo/autocorrect and they meant US at the last instance instead of UK.
Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by gbear605 on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:41AM
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The Conservatives want to privatise the BBC and the NHS though - abolishing the BBC licensing fee is a recent move, and steps to privatise the NHS have been repeatedly popular among politicians over the last decade.
From time to time, HN features high quality UK gov't websites. In the last five years, the UK gov't has made dramatic strides on "digital gov't" initiatives that benefit regular citizens. As I understand, most of those sites are built and maintained by gov't employees. This runs counter to the normal, all-prevailing attitude in UK that "any gov't is too much gov't" (or "any gov't that does not directly benefit me...").