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They will slim down after net neutrality is over. But they'll still be user-hostile. Ads are about tracking. The fact that you might see the ad is what we ca
by gavinpc 9y ago
They will slim down after net neutrality is over. But they'll still be user-hostile.
Ads are about tracking. The fact that you might see the ad is what we call "langiappe" where I come from.
If everyone disabled third-party cookies right now, networks would not be able to easily aggregate browsing profiles. And everything else --- the things you actually care about --- would still work.
Of course, then attention would just turn to the ISP's, who can now sell that information directly.
- adventured 9y ago> They will slim down after net neutrality is over. Net neutrality - in regards to any actual implementation - existed for about five minutes. The supposed benefits were to be long term. The short term impact was next to nothing.
- pdimitar 9y agoThey still use all sorts of dirty tricks like browser fingerprinting (which has a lot of ways to go about), IP, geolocation, timing / usual usage patterns... Honestly, unless you're using VPN + Tor + no 3rd party cookies + no JS, I don't think you can hide. :(