Gregory's Server@aral I've been told this - and I totally believe your superior experience - but honestly, I use firefox (and used Netscape before that) and have not seen an ad in twenty years. So I'm not sure what I'm doing differently.
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 @imsnif It’s not just the ads; it’s the tracking. Sure the ads are the visible symptom. Many ad blockers (e.g., adblock plus) are actually part of the advertising industry and they unblock folks like Google for money (that’s their business model – see “acceptable ads”). And they usually don’t block trackers, opting for a cosmetic approach. (Assuming you use uBlock Origin, which is good.) These folks don’t limit themselves to tracking you on the web either. They buy data from brokers, etc.  @Aram 🌈♾️ Isn't that the new business model of the VC/Silicon Valley people? They call it AI.
 @imsnif @aral yeah, the technological battle against tracking is a losing game. Try https://coveryourtracks.eff.org. The solution would be in social awareness, but they also influence the media. And regulation. |
@aral On the other hand though, "just say no" and consumer education are also historically failing ideas.
In the infrastructure I build, I make sure that surveillance is just not a thing that would be possible (namely making sure you have to explicitly consent to user-content tracking you) - but this is just my small corner of the universe.