Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ...
by worble on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:43AM
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>Web needs to make money.
No, it doesn't. I have no issue with it making money, but that was neither the original purpose of the web nor is it an end goal for everyone using it.
> Giving tools to advertisers while making sure user privacy is preserved is better than free reign of tracking we have before, no?
This statement is unconnected to the first. The way people just link "web", "money" and "advertising" without even stopping to think that there might be alternatives is exactly why everything online is in such a sad state of affairs.
No, it doesn't. I have no issue with it making money, but that was neither the original purpose of the web nor is it an end goal for everyone using it.
> Giving tools to advertisers while making sure user privacy is preserved is better than free reign of tracking we have before, no?
This statement is unconnected to the first. The way people just link "web", "money" and "advertising" without even stopping to think that there might be alternatives is exactly why everything online is in such a sad state of affairs.