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They don't have to worry because they control the browser too, and so those tricks will continue to work for the foreseeable future.
by la_barba 7y ago
They don't have to worry because they control the browser too, and so those tricks will continue to work for the foreseeable future.
- wang_li 7y agoWhich is why one of several things should happen. The first option is that there be legal requirements to adhere to public standards if you are a content distributor. And that any standards compliant client side software be allowed to use the service. In some areas we're in a world where your telephone carrier sells you your telephone, e.g. twitter, apple's imessage, etc. Other options would be that if you are a content distribution company, e.g. youtube, google, facebook, twitter, instagram, etc. then you cannot have any control of the client side applications that consume the content. Trustbusting would come into play here. Or legal obligations to follow a user's desire not to be tracked with real criminal fines and jail time applied to executives, managers, and developers who failed to follow the law.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoWhat kind of legal requirement can thwart a multinational corporation? The UN cannot enforce any laws, the only supra-national entity with this power is the EU (see GDPR). It's easier to just use Firefox with uBlock Origin, Cookie AutoDelete, etc etc.
- wang_li 7y agoThe kind in which FBI agents show up at the homes of executives, board members, and senior management at 5:00am in the morning with guns and warrants.
- brokenmachine 7y agoIndividual legal requirements in each jurisdiction.