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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by jcgrillo on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:44PM (#47619915)
Yes, what I meant was there's no way ICs will change any of this. Using this or that extension, or choosing not to use some service won't really change anything either. The popular appetite just isn't there. Personally I use a variety of adblockers and haven't had a linkedin or anything for many years, but I fully accept that's an extremist position and most consumers will not behave that way. The only way these companies' behavior will improve is when they are meaningfully, painfully punished for it. There's very little we as consumers or ICs can do until then. Unless of course their risk management fails and they alienate a sufficiently large number of users that it becomes "uncool" to use the product. But all we need to do is look to twitter to see just how bad it'll get before then...
Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by worik on Friday April 03, 2026 @06:07PM (#47632964)
> The popular appetite just isn't there.

Cory Doctorow, if he is to believed, states 50% of web users use ad blockers. So maybe?

Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by jcgrillo on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @03:51PM (#47695407)
That's really interesting, I had no idea it was so prevalent.