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Why is this a problem? I can imagine a number of scenarios, but I'm unfamiliar with this particular case. Could someone elaborate on what actually happened or
by thih9 3y ago
Why is this a problem?
I can imagine a number of scenarios, but I'm unfamiliar with this particular case. Could someone elaborate on what actually happened or what is the danger?
- phendrenad2 3y agoA company doesn't acquire something for no reason, and people are suffering FUD over what that reason could be. Maybe they'll put in annoying popups ads for their other products. Maybe they just want market research data. Or maybe they just thought being the provider of this service would garner goodwill somehow.
- itronitron 3y agoWhat are the scenarios that you can imagine?
- papichulo2023 3y agoCharging companies to exclude them(adblock way)
- notatoad 3y agocompanies have to provide the cookie prompt as a legal requirement - it's not something they want to do or get any benefit from. what this extension does is blindly accept the cookie prompts. it's not something any company would want to be exempted from. companies like this.
- bluGill 3y agoCompanies only need that if they place nonessential cookies.
- weird-eye-issue 3y agoIrrelevant in this thread
- moonshinefe 3y agoAvast was caught massively spying on their users in their browser extension and anti-virus apps just a few years ago, check out their wikipedia page.