Re:Shadow: New browser engine made almost entirely in JavaSc...
by lelanthran on Saturday October 28, 2023 @05:24AM
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I agree that it's an arms race, but I consider static advertisements (billboard/tv type) an improvement.
I think that the only way to get to the endgame I want, which is "advertisers simply give up, the sites sell the ad-space directly, with no tracking necessary and no sharing of information between sites" is for everyone to click on more ads for things that they aren't interested in.
Make it a browser plugin: the plugin works quietly in the background, and clicks on every single advertisement it sees, going as far as possible in the funnel, all the way to checkout, but without doing the final payment.
Until the signal/noise ratio of adverts are 99.999% noise, we're still going to have this arms race.
I think that the only way to get to the endgame I want, which is "advertisers simply give up, the sites sell the ad-space directly, with no tracking necessary and no sharing of information between sites" is for everyone to click on more ads for things that they aren't interested in.
Make it a browser plugin: the plugin works quietly in the background, and clicks on every single advertisement it sees, going as far as possible in the funnel, all the way to checkout, but without doing the final payment.
Until the signal/noise ratio of adverts are 99.999% noise, we're still going to have this arms race.