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> Is this what the Internet is like for "regular" people? If so, holy shit. I'm glad I use uBlock Origin on my computers and an iPhone. Somewhere, in a dark co
by yongjik 9y ago
> Is this what the Internet is like for "regular" people? If so, holy shit. I'm glad I use uBlock Origin on my computers and an iPhone.
Somewhere, in a dark corner in a AWS datacenter in Oregon, some third-party tracking software records "Hey, the only user within five-mile radius that blocks our ad links just finished watching a kung fu movie."
- dictum 9y agoIf you're going to get fingerprinted anyway, might as well save the bandwidth.
- yongjik 9y agoOf course, I have nothing against saving bandwidth. I just didn't expect to see an iPhone user non-ironically calling Android users as "regular people" these days. What year is it now? :P
- masukomi 9y agoi don't think it was because of the phone but because enraged_camel takes preventative measures to block tracking tools and "normal people" do not. note that it's "on my computers and...." not just "iphone"