[bo1024]

I disagree here pretty strongly, because although I hate tracking, there are perfectly fine technical solutions.

Tracking on websites works like this:

* the site sends your computer content and code

* your computer runs the code, which causes it to send data about you to a whole bunch of third parties

* meanwhile, your computer displays the content to you

All you have to do is decide not to do step 2. It's your computer, it's under your control.

[mirimir]

Yes, indeed.

But what's problematic is that most users are clueless. And that browsers by default send all that data. To prevent that, you must (at least somewhat) know what you're doing, tweak settings, install add-ons, etc.

It'd be cool if browsers protected users' privacy, by default.