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Ad companies argued this when Microsoft updated IE (or was it Edge?) to set the DNT flag to “1” by default. I think they were right to argue as such, and wonde
by function_seven 6y ago
Ad companies argued this when Microsoft updated IE (or was it Edge?) to set the DNT flag to “1” by default.
I think they were right to argue as such, and wonder if MS knew that defaulting DNT to on would poison the well like that.
It’s a good argument. When people argue over what a default should be, they often don’t realize that it’s possible to have no default at all, and force an explicit choice.
- sokoloff 6y agoIf you require customers to make dozens of choices because you’re not willing to make some sensible default choices, some of them will make the choice to use another browser. I’m not a Microsoft cheerleader (nor detractor) in general, but in this case, I’m glad they took a position and chose a default on behalf of their customers.
- Drdrdrq 6y agoUnfortunately (and predictably) it backfired though. If it no longer represents a conscious user choice, DNT can be pretty safely ignored by Google and the likes.