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The video embeds on this story say they're stopped because I have Do Not Track set on my browser. They imply that if I do watch the videos, it's my own damn fa
by phjesusthatguy3 11y ago
The video embeds on this story say they're stopped because I have Do Not Track set on my browser. They imply that if I do watch the videos, it's my own damn fault if I get tracked. So thanks for reminding me to never visit medium.com, I guess.
- guipsp 11y agoThe videos are on youtube. If you visit youtube you WILL get tracked
- mutagen 11y agoThe video embeds are YouTube videos in iframes. Medium is showing that warning in accord with their Do Not Track policy: https://medium.com/policy/how-we-handle-do-not-track-requests-on-medium-f2b4b4fb7c5e#.aqxs9d7tn https://medium.com/policy/how-we-handle-do-not-track-request... So you can blame Google / YouTube for their tracking, or blame the content creator for inserting the YouTube videos into their piece. Medium is just the messenger here.
- sambe 11y agoThis refers to the hosting site (YouTube), not medium.com. They are advising you that whilst they are observing the policy, YouTube is not. See https://medium.com/policy/how-we-handle-do-not-track-requests-on-medium-f2b4b4fb7c5e#.j43fho4d2 https://medium.com/policy/how-we-handle-do-not-track-request...
- lambda 11y agoHmm? This is Medium doing a reasonable thing. They comply with Do Not Track, but people can embed videos on sites that do not comply. Here they do a reasonable thing, and show a message to people with "Do Not Track" enabled, letting them know that they can still click through and see the video, but the site they are directing you towards might track you. Medium is just a blog hosting platform, as far as I know they don't control the content that gets posted. What would you prefer they do; not allow embedding YouTube videos? Not warn you that the linked content tracks you?