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This is a tangential conversation, as I agree that the SourceHut promotion is off-topic, but I don't see a distinction between "spyware" and "trackers on their
by MereInterest 6y ago
This is a tangential conversation, as I agree that the SourceHut promotion is off-topic, but I don't see a distinction between "spyware" and "trackers on their marketing page". I would define "spyware" as programs that (1) run on an end user's computer, (2) report information back to the developer of the program, and (3) include information not necessary to the running of that service. Marketing trackers do all of those, so I think it is perfectly justifiable to refer to them as "spyware".
- elygre 6y agoI see them as entirely separate, similar to how I think of Microsoft Word being different from https://microsoft.com/word https://microsoft.com/word as being entirely different.