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Compared to web apps which have this * 1000000? Have you seen how many xhr tracking calls a SaaS product does to often dozens of different services?
by martinald 10y ago
Compared to web apps which have this * 1000000? Have you seen how many xhr tracking calls a SaaS product does to often dozens of different services?
- _Understated_ 10y agoI use NoScript and UBlock so I see that $hit all the time unfortunately but I have come to expect that with cloud-related stuff but we are talking about a stand alone product here... not some cloud-based scheduling app. It should be my call whether I want to "improve" their product.
- martinald 10y agoBlock it on your firewall then? What's the difference?
- _Understated_ 10y agoReally? Is this what you have to do nowadays in order to just use your computer? You sound like this is acceptable to you but what about my parents and neighbours and so on... should I tweak their firewalls? What is M$ changes the URLS/IPs! I am not in a position to boycott them and I don't know what the answer is except to not use Windows 10 but I know I can't use Windows 8.1 forever.
- Frank2312 10y agoYou don't have to disable it to use your computer. You have to disable it if you don't want to be tracked.
- pdkl95 10y agoIt's malware compared to actual software applications. "Web apps" are, by definition, spyware. > SaaS Service As A Software Substitute[1] has always been about lock-in. It shouldn't be a surprise when developers that use an unethical, user-hostile business model also write spyware. [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...
- cm2187 10y agoWhich is why most people who comment on HN confess using adblockers. Are you suggesting that because there is Ebola in africa, it is fine to introduce in the US? How does websites being infested with trackers justify introducing tracking inside the OS?