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abhibeckert@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Would you refuse to visit websites that force registration even if the account is free?
Lots of sites require a free account these days. I don’t visit those sites.
What’s all the fuss about, you don’t care?
I care.
Is advertising a necessary evil in fair trade for content?
I like advertising - how else are you supposed to find out what products/services are available? It’s data collection I dislike, nothing wrong with ads as long as they’re a reasonably short interuption.
Would this limit your visiting of websites to only a narrow few you are willing to trade personal details for?
A website would need to offer some really valuable service for me to “trade personal details”. Even sites where I have an account (e.g. YouTube) I generally don’t log into that account.
Is this a bad thing for the internet experience as whole, or just another progression of technology?
I think anything that gives users control over wether or not they’re tracked is a good thing - and this does that. If websites want my personal details to access them… that’s fine with me. I just won’t use those sites. Other people will make a different decision. It’s how it should be.
Is this no different from using any other technology platform that’s free (If it’s free, you’re the product)?
I reject that premise. Lemmy is free. I don’t feel like “the product” when I use lemmy.
Should website owners just accept a lower revenue model and adapt their business, rather than seeking higher / unfair revenues from privacy invasive practices of the past?
It’s their business, choose whatever revenue model they want. Just be honest and open about it.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Big difference between posting a comment and just viewing a website.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
The data collection is wide open here, which is my point.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Not with my real name, age, gender, address, phone number or even email.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
You can make all those up, no one’s checking. (Yet, but that’s a different topic)
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You had to jump over the point to post this one
phillaholic@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Did I? You signed up for an account where data collection is wide open to everyone.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which was irrelevant.
The user had commented that they didn’t want to sign up to browse content and then they further clarified that making a comment was worth signing up for sometimes.
But for some reason you are insisting the context doesn’t matter? Either signup is always good or bad, we have to choose?
_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 7 months ago
Not me. I maintain my own lemmy server.
redfox@infosec.pub 7 months ago
Other people will make a different decision. It’s how it should be
This is an aspect of the predicted changes I can at least appreciate. Choice/consent. There should already have been obtained and informed consent. But instead, they just did it behind people’s backs. I say that because I don’t think most normal/non-tech people really know or care much about cookies and all the ways this stuff actually works.
If Lemmy has a few ads on every page
Ahhh! No please :) …but I understand. Unless these people (hosts) are getting those services paid for by something else, they might need to cover the costs of this like anything else. I really enjoy Lemmy because, at least right now, I feel like it’s in the true spirit of the internet and not a business. It can be for community and discussion like you said. Only reason I’m here. I like asking people why they feel a certain way about things and hopefully walk away with some understanding.
Nudding@lemmy.world 7 months ago
🤮
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Now don’t be rude, what lever that person likes can’t be that b…😧…🤢…🤮🤮🤮
Disgusting.