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I also wish that the basic container feature worked like this. In the meantime, I am very happy with the unofficial "Google Container" addon [1], which is just

I also wish that the basic container feature worked like this. In the meantime, I am very happy with the unofficial "Google Container" addon [1], which is just a copy of the Facebook container that works its magic on Google domains instead. Give it a try. It doesn't interfere with the official Facebook container addon. [1] https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google https://github.com/containers-everywhere/contain-google

StavrosK 7y ago
That's great, thank you!
Fnoord 7y ago
To complete GAFAN/GAFAM or whatever it is called there's also one for Amazon [1] and Microsoft [2] (I wouldn't care to avoid tracking by Apple or Netflix). [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contain-amazon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contain-amazo... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/microsoft-container https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/microsoft-con...
- blahyawnblah 7y ago
  Why is it OK to be track by Apple or Netflix?
  - Fnoord 7y ago
    > Why is it OK to be track by Apple or Netflix? That is not what I asserted. I asserted I don't care about it. I don't believe Netflix tracks me outside of .netflix.com and I don't believe Apple tracks me outside of .apple.com (and the other domains ofc). If they do, you have to convince me it is harming my interests (ie. my privacy or freedom of choice). I know Google tracks me, I know Facebook tracks me. Their profit model is surrounded by this tracking. I know Amazon and Microsoft track me. Their profit model partly relies on tracking.
    - ycombinator_acc 7y ago
      But there are thousands big ones out there. Cloudflare, Cloudfront, Baidu, Yandex, Akamai, Tencent, Twitter, Yahoo, Disqus, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest etc. Why bring up Apple and Netflix specifically?
      - chipperyman573 7y ago
        netflix is the N and apple is an A in GAFAN
      - Fnoord 7y ago
        Going for the high trees instead of low hanging fruit. Why? On average, larger impact. There's Invidation addon to avoid Twitter/YouTube and redirect to Nitter/Invidious, and there's some addons to avoid CDNs such as Cloudflare / Amazon/ Akamai. There's also an addon to remove garbage in URLs such as AMP (I mean, wtf?). If you want to avoid these completely, plus GAFAM, your internet (browsing) experience isn't annoying; it is broken. I avoid Uber/Airbnb/Pinterest already (niches I don't care about) and Yandex/Baidu is not meant for my demographics.
        ycombinator_acc 7y ago
        If Baidu, Tencent, Cloudflare etc are "low hanging fruit" then Netflix is an even lower hanging fruit. It's just a streaming service. Even Twitch has a wider audience than them. Which is the reason I was confused why you brought those two up specifically, instead of the bigger players who are way more ubiquitous. Invidition is just a wrapper. Doesn't solve the larger problem which is what's happening on the server. Last time I tried it YouTube was completely broken because Google changed a tiny little thing.
        Fnoord 7y ago
        Obviously Netflix is low hanging fruit. Its just that people use the term GAFAN sometimes, and sometimes GAFAM. I don't know the exact logic of why using one or the other, so I did mention Netflix and Microsoft. Twitch is Amazon. I'm aware of wrapper usage. I just use youtube-dl from CLI whenever I see a YouTube linked referenced which should interest me.

StavrosK 7y ago

That's great, thank you!

Fnoord 7y ago

To complete GAFAN/GAFAM or whatever it is called there's also one for Amazon [1] and Microsoft [2] (I wouldn't care to avoid tracking by Apple or Netflix). [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contain-amazon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contain-amazo... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/microsoft-container https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/microsoft-con...

blahyawnblah 7y ago
Why is it OK to be track by Apple or Netflix?
- Fnoord 7y ago
  > Why is it OK to be track by Apple or Netflix? That is not what I asserted. I asserted I don't care about it. I don't believe Netflix tracks me outside of .netflix.com and I don't believe Apple tracks me outside of .apple.com (and the other domains ofc). If they do, you have to convince me it is harming my interests (ie. my privacy or freedom of choice). I know Google tracks me, I know Facebook tracks me. Their profit model is surrounded by this tracking. I know Amazon and Microsoft track me. Their profit model partly relies on tracking.
  - ycombinator_acc 7y ago
    But there are thousands big ones out there. Cloudflare, Cloudfront, Baidu, Yandex, Akamai, Tencent, Twitter, Yahoo, Disqus, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest etc. Why bring up Apple and Netflix specifically?
    - chipperyman573 7y ago
      netflix is the N and apple is an A in GAFAN
    - Fnoord 7y ago
      Going for the high trees instead of low hanging fruit. Why? On average, larger impact. There's Invidation addon to avoid Twitter/YouTube and redirect to Nitter/Invidious, and there's some addons to avoid CDNs such as Cloudflare / Amazon/ Akamai. There's also an addon to remove garbage in URLs such as AMP (I mean, wtf?). If you want to avoid these completely, plus GAFAM, your internet (browsing) experience isn't annoying; it is broken. I avoid Uber/Airbnb/Pinterest already (niches I don't care about) and Yandex/Baidu is not meant for my demographics.
      - ycombinator_acc 7y ago
        If Baidu, Tencent, Cloudflare etc are "low hanging fruit" then Netflix is an even lower hanging fruit. It's just a streaming service. Even Twitch has a wider audience than them. Which is the reason I was confused why you brought those two up specifically, instead of the bigger players who are way more ubiquitous. Invidition is just a wrapper. Doesn't solve the larger problem which is what's happening on the server. Last time I tried it YouTube was completely broken because Google changed a tiny little thing.
        Fnoord 7y ago
        Obviously Netflix is low hanging fruit. Its just that people use the term GAFAN sometimes, and sometimes GAFAM. I don't know the exact logic of why using one or the other, so I did mention Netflix and Microsoft. Twitch is Amazon. I'm aware of wrapper usage. I just use youtube-dl from CLI whenever I see a YouTube linked referenced which should interest me.