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Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on without asking you (mastodon.social)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Firefox is not pandering to advertisers. If anything, I feel they are compromising with them

I don't want to compromise with advertisers. I want to block them and not be tracked by them.

So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

But if it’s successful, it’ll rock for us.

If you think this will make one iota of difference in advertiser behavior then you must have been born yesterday.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I want to block them and not be tracked by them.

Nothing about this change inhibits your ability to block ads.

So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

That’s the thing: it’s NOT tracking YOUR data. Nothing about this ties data to you. It’s in the name: Privacy-Preserving Advertising.

If you think this will make one iota of difference in advertiser behavior then you must have been born yesterday.

And yet you’ve forgotten to wish me a happy birthday. How rude! 😤

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

So where is my choice as the user of the browser that is running on my machine and using my internet connection and tracking my data?

You can opt out.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You are free as a user to touch grass, and to run an Adblock that enforces your preferences.