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If the topics API is really just returning a list of things the user is interested in, like: 2: 'Arts & Entertainment/Acting & Theater', 3: 'Arts & Enterta
by l72 3y ago
If the topics API is really just returning a list of things the user is interested in, like:
2: 'Arts & Entertainment/Acting & Theater',
3: 'Arts & Entertainment/Comics',
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132: 'Computers & Electronics/Consumer Electronics/Home Theater Systems',
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208: 'Home & Garden/Gardening',
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why not just have a simple survey and let the user pick or rate what they are interested in? Why the need to have the web browser actually track everything?
- l72 3y agoAlso, there should be a permission API around this for each website (like camera/microphone), that explicitly states why the website is requesting this information and what information the browser will return to the website.