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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by xk_id on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:32AM (#40976452)
> the "open" web will be the preserve of a few hobbyists.

And maybe that will be the Web healing. If all the value extraction moves elsewhere, we might finally have a sane web of hypertext documents again.

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by setopt on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @10:20AM (#40976884)
Unless that is labeled the new darkweb and blocked by the firewalls of ISPs and govs.

I hope enough mainstream things remain on the open web for it to be unrealistic to fully block.

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by CalRobert on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:04AM (#40977278)
Maybe, but I suspect it will be more like trying to access Usenet now.

I dunno. Considering the balkanization of the web maybe I should get in to ham radio or something.

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