3 ms·
>This makes it impossible to use any components hosted by third parties without getting consent by the users. Good. There's very few legitimate uses for third
by RobotToaster 3y ago
>This makes it impossible to use any components hosted by third parties without getting consent by the users.
Good.
There's very few legitimate uses for third party hosted proprietary components.
Why it became standard to load simple things like scripts or fonts from third parties, that can be trivially hosted locally, is beyond me.
- jansan 3y agoSo hosting an ad is now illegitimate? How about embedding a video? And why should you not embed stuff from a CDN?
- pph 3y agoIt is not a problem to load a static (not changing based on user data) ad from your own server. Using a CDN is likely legitimate interest when it is not using private data for other reasons than serving the content. (I'm not a lawyer.)
- jansan 3y agoTHat would require small companies having to implement their own Ad business. Sorry, your idea is cute, but completely unrealistic.
- mcpackieh 3y agoAds (particularly ads served by third parties) have never been legitimate, that's why most users who know what they're about use an adblocker to stop them. Videos should only be embedded once the user consents to that (which could be implemented using a first-party button that the user clicks to affirm their consent and which then loads the third party video component.
- smeagull 3y ago> Ads (particularly ads served by third parties) have never been legitimate That's a very extreme take. They're how many services actually exist. Also, consent to an embedded video? My brother in Christ, your browser requested the video.
- account42 3y ago> Also, consent to an embedded video? My brother in Christ, your browser requested the video. This kind of attitude is why I block JS and cross-origin requests by default. Unfortunately this is not a reasonable option for the less technically inclined who deserve protection too.
- mcpackieh 3y agoIt's not an extreme take, it's the way most people with a technical clue feel, evidenced by widespread use of adblockers by anybody who actually knows how to use their computer.
- martin_a 3y agoVideos can easily be embedded and loaded from local resources, too. No need to shove the whole of YouTube down somebody's throat, if a simple <video>-element with an mp4 file does the same. You want the comfort and features of YouTube? Ok, then let the user decide if they want that too, ask for their consent.