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> If Comcast announced they were doing this But they wouldn't do this. They would do something like detect the popups and then inject ads for additional Comca
by bunderbunder 9y ago
> If Comcast announced they were doing this
But they wouldn't do this.
They would do something like detect the popups and then inject ads for additional Comcast services into them. And they would do it secretively rather than making a public announcement beforehand. And they would hassle customers to no end about switching services in protest of that behavior, whereas most browsers would just provide a checkbox for turning it off.
Comcast is in no way a victim here.
- da_chicken 9y agoOne of the reasons for the "HTTPS everywhere" thing that people have been on about is exactly because ISPs were injecting ads or javascript into web responses (https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925839/net-neutrality/code-injection-new-low-isps.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2925839/net-neutrality/cod...). So, yeah, they've already been caught doing exactly this.