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> but the bigger problem is the tendency of third party integrations having default settings It's certainly a problem, but the biggest problem is simply that B
by bambax 6y ago
> but the bigger problem is the tendency of third party integrations having default settings
It's certainly a problem, but the biggest problem is simply that Backblaze doesn't need to integrate Facebook pixel to their web interface, especially when users are logged in.
There is absolutely zero benefit to this for their users, but I also fail to see what it could bring to them as a company??
They have now created a major PR problem for themselves, and what did they get in exchange?
(Ok, as the saying goes, there's no such thing as bad publicity. But still.)
- rciorba 6y agoThe FB pixel is how FB gets to know about conversions. If your company runs FB adds, FB encourages you to let them know about which users converted to paying customers so it can improve the targeting of your ad campaign. And if you offer a free trial and the upgrade to paying customer happens inside the user dashboard, presto-bingo Marketing now needs you to install the FB pixel there. It's disappointing that this is what the internet has become, and I'm happy to see issues like this brought forward. I can see value in feeding back conversion events to an ad network, but the "just let us run code on your page" style of integration needs to stop. Give developers some API to explicitly send such an event, if they really need to.
- jeffasinger 6y agoAlmost every ad network does give you some type of API like what you're talking about, but unfortunately they usually actively discourage use of it.
- jaywalk 6y agoWell yeah, the API isn't going to let them keep tracking your users.