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Yeah that part stuck out to me too. Sigh. What if my browser just did nothing at all to help advertisers, because it's my browser running on my hardware? Even i

Yeah that part stuck out to me too. Sigh. What if my browser just did nothing at all to help advertisers, because it's my browser running on my hardware? Even if it is totally privacy-preserving and completely transparent, why would my browser spend my processor cycles, network bandwidth, and electricity for the benefit of someone else's for-profit business? Really, just ... what if the software on my computer tried its best to do exactly what I asked it to do, and was not concerned with anyone else's problems? Anyway, here are the AdAtributionKit docs: - Technical / API: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/adattributionkit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/adattributionkit - High-level: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/ad-attribution/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/ad-attribution/

dingnuts 2y ago
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- tomjen3 2y ago
  I buy Apple products. Believe me, I pay the full cost of those - but even if I didn't there are free browsers like Firefox and they are also playing with this.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  > then you'd likely need to pay a license fee so that the browser isn't getting its money from ads, or the browser isn't yours at all. It's Safari. You pay a lot of money for a machine and its bundled software, which includes this.
- bangaladore 2y ago
  Then sell me the hardware at cost. They won't ever do that. Let's not kid ourselves.
drdaeman 2y ago
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- lostlogin 2y ago
  You might be correct soon, but not quite yet. There are some positive things going on and the recent news about the EU, Apple and virtualisation is one example.
dash2 2y ago
> why would my browser spend my processor cycles, network bandwidth, and electricity for the benefit of someone else's for-profit business? I think a reasonable answer is that you are using their website for your own purposes; that running a website has costs; and that many businesses choose to fund those costs by advertising. If you don't want to be advertised to, I would suggest paying a fee to use ad-free services.
- throwawa14223 2y ago
  I wonder if it'd be possible to poison. If I have to send clicks I need to also send enough clicks to make it not worthwhile.
- AlotOfReading 2y ago
  The time when you could reasonably expect paid services not to track you ended well over a decade ago. Apple specifically gets mentions as a website data sharing partner in the privacy policies of my health insurance, my dental insurance, and my mortgage provider. I can assure you that none of those companies are lacking for funds to run basic websites and equally that none of them have ways to pay to "opt out".

dingnuts 2y ago

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tomjen3 2y ago
I buy Apple products. Believe me, I pay the full cost of those - but even if I didn't there are free browsers like Firefox and they are also playing with this.
yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> then you'd likely need to pay a license fee so that the browser isn't getting its money from ads, or the browser isn't yours at all. It's Safari. You pay a lot of money for a machine and its bundled software, which includes this.
bangaladore 2y ago
Then sell me the hardware at cost. They won't ever do that. Let's not kid ourselves.

drdaeman 2y ago

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lostlogin 2y ago
You might be correct soon, but not quite yet. There are some positive things going on and the recent news about the EU, Apple and virtualisation is one example.

dash2 2y ago

> why would my browser spend my processor cycles, network bandwidth, and electricity for the benefit of someone else's for-profit business? I think a reasonable answer is that you are using their website for your own purposes; that running a website has costs; and that many businesses choose to fund those costs by advertising. If you don't want to be advertised to, I would suggest paying a fee to use ad-free services.

throwawa14223 2y ago
I wonder if it'd be possible to poison. If I have to send clicks I need to also send enough clicks to make it not worthwhile.
AlotOfReading 2y ago
The time when you could reasonably expect paid services not to track you ended well over a decade ago. Apple specifically gets mentions as a website data sharing partner in the privacy policies of my health insurance, my dental insurance, and my mortgage provider. I can assure you that none of those companies are lacking for funds to run basic websites and equally that none of them have ways to pay to "opt out".