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minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah? Still not seeing a reason not to use it today. Do you have any specific criticisms?
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBreach of trust and owned by a for profit company.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoAnd they started using ghostery to show their own ads in 2018. Their search engine was discontinued in 2020.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago And they started using ghostery to show their own ads in 2018. And they stopped after it was criticised. Do you just not use any product that has ever been bad for any amount of time?
minus-squareivn@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNo need to get defensive. I do use bad products, but it’s important to try to find the least bad and avoid rewarding bad actors.
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.
And they stopped after it was criticised. Do you just not use any product that has ever been bad for any amount of time?
No need to get defensive. I do use bad products, but it’s important to try to find the least bad and avoid rewarding bad actors.