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Looking at the network requests when you hit that button it seems to be hitting a lot of tracking providers opt out API endpoints. Which is good I suppose, thou
by mattvot 6y ago
Looking at the network requests when you hit that button it seems to be hitting a lot of tracking providers opt out API endpoints. Which is good I suppose, though better not to even include their scripts until you agree to it
- noja 6y agoSo if I opt-out, it (basically) sends my ip address to lots of trackers? Why? That sounds illegal. Why doesn't it simply not load the trackers?
- hutzlibu 6y agoOoops, erm, technical reasons I guess. Well, it could have been really easier to implement the opt out it later by this design, but it is more likely, that the dataflow is intended.
- riggsdk 6y agoJust the fact that it sends out-out HTTP calls to all those providers means that they now know that you are using that website. It's terrible design.
- 411111111111111 6y agoPretty sure it's designed with that in mind... The saying not to attribute to malice what could be explained by incompetance only works if the actor isn't generally malicious. AdTech definitely is.
- waihtis 6y agoHilarious. While I was observing this I also noticed > Weather.com - an IBM business felt like it explained this design pattern perfectly
- bdefore 6y agoWasn't it owned by Disney previously? I think that more accurately explains the tracking obsession.
- reaperducer 6y agoWasn't it owned by Disney previously? I think that more accurately explains the tracking obsession. No, it wasn't. It was at one time partially owned by NBC. Perhaps that's what you remember.
- ChrisIsTaken 6y agoIt was created by Landmark, then offloaded in 2008 to NBCUniversal who still own it under Comcast.