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I look forward to a future where the web has separate <ad> <tracker>, and <drm> tags. Would standardize all this garbo and make blocking components much easier.
by flingo 8y ago
I look forward to a future where the web has separate <ad> <tracker>, and <drm> tags.
Would standardize all this garbo and make blocking components much easier.
Can anyone just write an RFC?
- newsbinator 8y agoI love this. And Europe can make these tags mandatory for all ads and trackers.
- flingo 8y agoI wouldn't like to see that. What's an ad, what's a tracking script? Regulation like this usually has unintended consequences. I'd expect the push to come from browser vendors. Either by blocking ads that aren't in those elements by default, or feeding them garbage data.
- newsbinator 8y agoThere could be a technical definition of an ad: "user-visible text or image(s) meant to advertise a product or service, separate from the primary purpose or offer of the page in which it is embedded" ... or something. IANAL.
- flingo 8y agoFor an easy solution, you could leave it up to browser developers. More complicated: anything you were paid to put on your website. Exceptions for integrated advertisements/ads embedded in videos. This won't really hit people doing self-serve or custom ads much, but it'll cover the vast majority of the web.