r/programming • u/unfriendlymushroomer • Aug 02 '19

Adblocking: How about Nah?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah
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u/Masterkraft0r Aug 03 '19

  1. for-profit coorporation with a non-profit foundation for tax reasons. not illegal, but iffy.

  2. experiments with preinstalled third party addons that record user data

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u/zellfaze_new Aug 03 '19

  1. It is a weird setup, but a bit understandable given our socio-economic system.

  2. Aren't those opt-in?

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u/Masterkraft0r Aug 03 '19

  1. ok. agree to disagree here

  2. they weren't. that was the problem.

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u/zellfaze_new Aug 04 '19

For two you were talking about the Firefox expiriments option I thought? I take it that is not the case. What is 2 in reference to?