Every site is trying to pull a Bonzai Buddy now.

"We need all your info for advertising, not you can't opt out unless you make an account and give us your email. Oops, looks like I hid the opt-out under a subheader. Amazon is now profiling you."

WE USED TO CALL THAT SHIT A VIRUS.

ITS EVERY. FUCKING. WEBSITE. NOW

"Hi I'm going to block this entire site until you give me your info, this is very cool and normal."

Capitalism ruined the internet. The whole thing is malware now.

  • hummingspark [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    i second ublock origin.

    But the problem runs deeper. Sure you can hide from all those ads they display, but they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      11 months ago

      they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations

      You can protect from that, too, but it's substantially harder and takes a lot more effort.

      • nohaybanda [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        I resent the idea that a normal person needs like two media studies degrees and a minor in cyber security to interact kinda safely with aspects of our society that are essentially non-optional

      • Raebxeh
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        11 months ago

        It’s prohibitively difficult enough that most people will never even try, which means it’s working as intended.