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It would also make it even more useless. IE originally had it default on; they turned it off after people complained that it meant advertisers wouldn't honour i
by mook 9y ago
It would also make it even more useless. IE originally had it default on; they turned it off after people complained that it meant advertisers wouldn't honour it anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track#Internet_Explorer_10_default_setting_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track#Internet_Explorer...
- gkya 9y agoWell it was useless to begin with anyways, as it's just kindly asking ad-publishers to please not track you, which is the closest thing we have to the platonic idea of naivety.
- yborg 9y agoIt's not useless in the context of a legislative requirement to honor it, which was the original goal that DNT was supposed to drive to. Since we now have pretty much 100% regulatory capture in the Internet space that of course is now dead.
- chimeracoder 9y ago> It's not useless in the context of a legislative requirement to honor it, which was the original goal that DNT was supposed to drive to. Since we now have pretty much 100% regulatory capture in the Internet space that of course is now dead. It was never really likely to happen, especially when even advocacy groups like the EFF opposed legislative approaches to enforcing DNT.