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minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day agoMalicious compliance writ large. Also, the number of hurdles you have to clear for this tells volumes about where the site owner priorities lie.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoHence why the EU is now forcing an “easy way to decline”. All compliant websites have a “reject all cookies” button now. Which I learned on accident, because normally I have Ghostery installed, which just rejects all cookies automatically.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoYeah? Still not seeing a reason not to use it today. Do you have any specific criticisms?
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoBreach of trust and owned by a for profit company.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours ago Breach of trust By a different company. Owners changed in 2017. owned by a for profit company Which makes a privacy-oriented search engine. Seems like they have a pretty good track record.
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoAnd they started using ghostery to show their own ads in 2018. Their search engine was discontinued in 2020.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 hour agoThere was some controversy around Ghostery. A number of years ago, I believe they were allowing anyone who paid them money to not be blocked. They have since reversed track, but I won’t ever use their plugin again. I was wrong. It was Adblock plus
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours ago I believe they were allowing anyone who paid them money to not be blocked. Hmmm… Must’ve been a long while ago. I’ve been using them for… 3? 4? years and never had any ads getting through.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoyeah, it would have to have been at least 7 years, probs more i would think. But they burnt that bridge for me.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoWell, I firmly believe in redemption arcs. Also, the product is just really good right now.
minus-squarematti@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoI’m pretty sure that was the law from day 1 and the only difference is they’re starting to crack down on it now
Malicious compliance writ large.
Also, the number of hurdles you have to clear for this tells volumes about where the site owner priorities lie.
Hence why the EU is now forcing an “easy way to decline”. All compliant websites have a “reject all cookies” button now.
Which I learned on accident, because normally I have Ghostery installed, which just rejects all cookies automatically.
Don’t use Ghostery anymore
Why?
Check the Wikipedia page on it.
Yeah? Still not seeing a reason not to use it today. Do you have any specific criticisms?
Breach of trust and owned by a for profit company.
By a different company. Owners changed in 2017.
Which makes a privacy-oriented search engine. Seems like they have a pretty good track record.
And they started using ghostery to show their own ads in 2018.
Their search engine was discontinued in 2020.
There was some controversy around Ghostery. A number of years ago, I believe they were allowing anyone who paid them money to not be blocked. They have since reversed track, but I won’t ever use their plugin again.I was wrong. It was Adblock plus
That was Adblock Plus.
Hmmm… Must’ve been a long while ago. I’ve been using them for… 3? 4? years and never had any ads getting through.
yeah, it would have to have been at least 7 years, probs more i would think. But they burnt that bridge for me.
Well, I firmly believe in redemption arcs. Also, the product is just really good right now.
I’m pretty sure that was the law from day 1 and the only difference is they’re starting to crack down on it now