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Maybe it's just the circles I move in, but I feel like there are enough users who don't want to be tracked and enough websites that don't want to track that may
by cookie_monsta 7y ago
Maybe it's just the circles I move in, but I feel like there are enough users who don't want to be tracked and enough websites that don't want to track that maybe some sort of code of ethics would work.
Sign up, promise not to track your users and be open to lawsuits if you're found to be lying.
Granted, it would just be another whack in the game of whack a mole, but we have to keep whacking.
- djsumdog 7y agoYou get the GDPR and a ton of little banners people click through or a disable button no one sees where, if you click it, you get confusing sliders that you can't tell if they're on or off (intentionally).
- cookie_monsta 7y agoNo. You sign up, you don't track. You get caught, you get sued. The UI has nothing to do with this.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoPeople will care about that as much as they care about ceasing to use websites that are hostile towards them: pretty much not at all. The entire ad-blocking concept shows that people will do anything to continue visiting a website they are desperate to consume no matter how user-hostile it might be. Also, this "No-Tracking" pledge seems like a thought experiment that only considers the rare website with more or less drop-in alternatives. So, maybe just general news and some brochure info sites?
- cookie_monsta 7y agoI guess it's possible at any moment in history to say that nothing will change because nobody cares. There will always be some truth to that. But I feel like we're reaching some sort of tipping point. 200k+ people just signed up to a new social network whose only real usp is no tracking. I don't know what a drop in alternative is so I can't answer your question, but if your assertion is that generally speaking sites need to allow their users to be tracked I would disagree.