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zecg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

in the absence of alternatives, there are enormous economic incentives for advertisers to try to bypass these countermeasures, leading to a perpetual arms race that we may not win

Fuck off with that defeatist shit Mozilla, don’t decide for us.

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gencha@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Deciding for stupid people is a heroic act on their behalf. They protect us ❤️

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- evergreen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  /s ?
  
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  - gencha@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes
    
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rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Also I think in Gemini there’s not much advertisers can do to “try to bypass these countermeasures”.

They could add Gemini support in Firefox. Or even roll out their own “small web”-style protocol for hypertext. Simply without the functionality advertisers use.

With their resources it’d be a minor feature.

The issue is that while somewhere they have some people actually making a browser, as an entity it’s a company making money on advertising. People deciding on directions use that as the main criterion.

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