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Having used uMatrix over the past several years, I grow weary seeing almost every site bring in cascading JavaScript dependencies across 3-4 additional domains,
by rpdillon 6y ago
Having used uMatrix over the past several years, I grow weary seeing almost every site bring in cascading JavaScript dependencies across 3-4 additional domains, sometimes as many as a dozen. I agree that technically, JS doesn't have to violate privacy, but in practice, the internet is packed to the brim with JS-powered 3rd party tracking.
- b4ke 6y agoPhilosopher kings communicate in ways the average individual has issue grokking, doesn’t invalidate the potential for abuse to complain that it’s free of “tracking”
- mrspeaker 6y agoI agree - and I'm sick of it too. I don't think "no JS means no tracking", but it means "more likely less tracking" and "definitely a lot less bullshit 3rd party shenanigans". I absolutely love JavaScript, have been a fan of it since before it was cool, stayed a fan after it was not cool again, and am still a fan now! But now the benefits it brings me on the web is snowed under by the shit it delivers. It's not worth it. JavaScript is off by default everywhere for me now, and there has to be a really compelling reason to get me to whitelist a site. Most often (I'd say about 80-90% of unknown/non-regular links I click) I just close the tab and go somewhere else. Luckily there's a lot of sites out there, and there's starting to be more services like the OP's - which I will be able to visit!