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> I am the customer, not the product dammit. That’s an illusion that died a long time ago, unfortunately. Just because you’re using their service on a browser
by jader201 1mo ago
> I am the customer, not the product dammit.
That’s an illusion that died a long time ago, unfortunately.
Just because you’re using their service on a browser doesn’t stop them from harvesting data from your usage, especially if you’re logging in (and if you’re using their services, chances are that you are).
Using browser over app can help, but it doesn’t eliminate it.
Like it or not, we’re the product, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
- radicalbyte 1mo agoThey're not able to spy on all the other websites I visit or apps I use via the browsers in the way they are by forcing me to install spyware on the spyware machines from Apple and Google.
- inigyou 1mo agoChrome supports invasive APIs like WebUSB for a reason.
- radicalbyte 23d agoPeople use Chrome in 2026? O_O
- frizlab 1mo agoI’m pretty sure they actually can actually. On an iPhone with a “ask for no tracking” configuration (no IDFA), I’d wager it’s probably even easier on the web than it is in an app.
- azalemeth 1mo agoUsing umatrix or a monkey script and selectively editing what their website does, however, certainly help with privacy.
- KingMob 1mo agoYeah, Doctorow articulated that pretty well back in 2022: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/ https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/ tl;dr Any company that likes money and has power over their customers, will happily treat them as products to the extent it can get away with.