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by thaumaturgy
2980 days ago
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People that want to move this discussion forward need to stop using analogies for things in the physical world, because the interactions between a website and a browser aren't similar enough to anything physical. Every single time someone resorts to analogy in one of these threads, it immediately and permanently devolves into an argument over the details of the analogy. Browsers run code delivered by websites. It's generally considered impolite, at least, to provide code that mines cryptocurrency on visitors' machines. Most people wouldn't defend serving up malware, either. So there is well-established precedent for arguing that there are things a website shouldn't do to its visitors. Extensive tracking scripts are now falling into the same category as crypto miners and malware. The explosion of ad blockers on users' browsers is a direct result of websites pushing advertising tactics way too far and not putting enough effort into the safety of their visitors. Tracking scripts will be next. Firefox has a lot to gain from pushing browser features intended to make it look like a more privacy-conscious browser than Chrome; there are already extensions like Ghostery and Disconnect, and uBlock Origin blocks a number of other tracking scripts too. If website developers don't accept some kind of middle ground in this discussion, they'll be relying on their access logs for all of their data before long. |
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That sounds like HN to me. Nothing likes analogies like HN likes analogies.
Put it this way--analogies are like cars. When they're good, they're great, but when they're bad, they're really bad.