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What's going to be interesting is the day that websites start to block users not providing data from this Topics API. "We need to make money to operate this se
by mabbo 3y ago
What's going to be interesting is the day that websites start to block users not providing data from this Topics API.
"We need to make money to operate this service and we can't support users who won't help us do that", or something to that effect.
I give it six months.
- malermeister 3y agoAnd that's where the GDPR comes in to save the day.
- Spivak 3y agoI mean it's all client side so just pick some generic topic you would find entertaining to see ads from and have an extension only ever serve that.
- malermeister 3y agoThat's effectively the same as their spyware telling them what you would find entertaining. The point is not needing to tell.
- mynameisvlad 3y agoNot at all. You're disabling the tracking and data aggregation elements in lieu of a static option which may or may not be accurate.
- charcircuit 3y agoReturning no topics is expected from legitimate users. If you aren't an ad network the API will regularly be empty since you will only get topics based off your own site's topic.