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Re:Ask HN: What is with the new URLs on facebook.com? by dredmorbius on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:18PM (#32122838)
First we had toggleable cookie and JS settings.

Sites blocked functioning without cookies or JS.

Then we had adblockers.

Sites blocked functionality with adblockers installed.

Then we had Do Not Track.

Sites LOLWUTFU

Then we had GDPR.

Sites: Multi-thousand-word EULAs, TOU, "Accept" vs. "Pound Sand" options, multi-hundred click "choice" dialogues, "your privacy is very important to us (to invade and violate)", and mass geoblocking.

Then we had UTM and FBPID URL tracking parameter stripping.

Sites: Encode tracking data directly into URL as a hash.

Firefox's action isn't simply meant to solve the problem. It's there to highlight the repeated and escallated violation and negation of express personal intent and preference.

No means no.

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