| The problem I have with buy-outs is credibility and impact. I've been burnt too many times by offers that claim to provide exemption from tracking which, in the end, don't. So rather than rely on the vendor, I'll apply blocking at my end, at systems under my control. The other element is that some small, carved-out exception to tracking has, in the grander scheme, a minimal marginal impact. Again, by applying countermeasures within my own domain, I can have an effect across a wide range of threats, including those which are not offering the opt-out option. The failure generally of advertising and marketing entities to take heed of expressed preferences ("do-not-track", repeated other refusals of requests for information, etc.) tends also to burn down any trust or credibility quite effectively. "Dear Googles, Stop Asking": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6745525 https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/ayk2DF43... https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22dear%20google... |