Comment on Why aren't advertisers (Microsoft, Facebook, Google) held responsible for allowing scammy adverts?

TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “I don’t have a problem with what you presented, you should do what I do and forget about it”

  Call me when your apathy solves a problem to someone else

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  • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Apathy? He installed a simple solution to the problem and is telling others to do so.

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    • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Web Integrity API enters the chat

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      • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So I consider myself decently tech savvy, and I think I have my head wrapped around what WEI does, but could someone give me a decent analogy for it so I can help explain why it’s bad to other people? I feel like I have a 90% understanding so it’s keeping me from coming up with a good description or analogy.

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      • dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Completely selfishly I’m not too mad about the web integrity thing because I hate ads so much that if I were forced to see them I would use the Internet less which would probably be good.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The problem: companies profit by advertising shit that’s barely legal

      The solution: “install an adblock lol”

      Explain to me how that solves the problem

      “You don’t see the ads anymore”

      Yet the company is still profitting and anyone without adblock still sees it. It’s the equivalent of closing your eyes to a problem.

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      • BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ok but realistically, what can you do right now? It’s not like you can only do one thing. In the immediate and personally-focused term, you can do an adblocker. If you want to change the world, you can do that too. But that’s not apathy. You’re just acting like promoting adblockers comes at the expense of meaningful change. That’s ridiculous.

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