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no sign-up required! Yeah, you just need to install their native software on your system. Having to make an account is annoying. Having to install native soft
by TekMol 4y ago
no sign-up required!
Yeah, you just need to install their native software on your system.
Having to make an account is annoying. Having to install native software is a no-go for me.
- bashy 4y agoBut; "If the trial goes well, we plan to roll it out to all DuckDuckGo search users soon."
- TekMol 4y agoThat is the same playbook by which Microsoft plays this game. MS: "IT IS OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO TRY!" Me: Ok, let me try it. MS: Ahem, ok, just give us your email Me: What? Ok, dammit, here it is. MS: Ok, now install our browser. Me: What?? Ok, done. MS: Ok, now allow us to track your location. Me: What??? No! MS: Sorry, something went wrong. Me: What? MS: Sorry, something went wrong. Me: What about the chat thing? MS: Sorry, something went wrong.
- CatWChainsaw 4y agoOpenAI drafted a paper proposing that in the future, platforms require proof of personhood. Plus it's MS, so they're going to slurp as much as they can get away with.
- bookofjoe 4y agohttps://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/worldcoin-cofounded-by-sam-altman-is-betting-the-next-big-thing-in-ai-is-proving-you-are-human/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/07/worldcoin-cofounded-by-sam...
- Vrondi 4y agoAt least MS doesn't demand an active cell phone number through which they can physically track you everywhere you go (not just where you are right now), like ChatGPT (VOIP and landlines not accepted, only cell).
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- pluc 4y agoIt's unfortunate that you need a healthy dose of cynicism to make it in today's society. A free tool seemingly created solely for your convenience trips some internal alarms for me as well.
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoSo no dropbox, no firefox/chrome, no thunderbird, no whatsapp client, no telegram client, not git ?
- TekMol 4y agoThose programs are all doing work on your computer. Therefore you install them on your computer. The only reason to deny access to a website for other browsers is to get your own native software on the machine of the user. If Google would deny access to a Google website with browsers other than Chrome, everybody would be mad at them. There are a lot of angry posts about Googles websites being less optimized for Firefox than for Chrome. Outright banning alternative browsers is what is happening here.
- throw_pm23 4y agoMaybe you meant to illustrate how absurd such a stance would be, but in reality 5 of the 7 things you mention are an absolute non-starter for me.
- forgotmypw17 4y agoYou listed examples of free software and non-free software. The former is much more likely to find a home on my devices. I've found it limiting to not use WhatsApp, but not that much. It's kind of like if I knew someone who is known to stalk people, but we also have many friends in common. Maybe some friends won't come to my party, but I'm still not letting them into my house.
- eur0pa 4y agoMostly correct. Browsers can block ads, trackers, Javascript libraries, and elements at will using extensions. "Native" apps for web services, such as these Electron-wrapped clients, have full access to the trackers / analytics endpoints, and more. That's a big nono.
- CWuestefeld 4y agoIt's not watertight, but controlling your own DNS, as through pi-hole, helps protect against this.