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by layoutIfNeeded 2310 days ago
They say it’s ad-free. Is it tracking-free too?
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Tepix 2310 days ago
That's what they claim: "It would be private, no shadowy trackers selling your data."

On the other hand they bill you based on the percentage of the time you spend on each individual partner site. That seems somewhat contradictory.

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Brakenshire 2310 days ago
You could have an open source addon or reader app which provided only that highly aggregated data.
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true_religion 2310 days ago
When it comes to money between untrusting parties no one is going to open source it to make it easier for the other side to commit fraud.
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notatoad 2310 days ago
unless i'm horribly misunderstanding something, they bill you at a flat rate. they distribute the funds proportionately among the sites you visit based on the time you spend.

either way, you're trading the tracking by ad networks for tracking by scroll.

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notatoad 2310 days ago
okay, so i signed up for scroll to test it out:

When i'm signed in to scroll and i open an article on the atlantic, privacy badger tells me i'm being tracked by scroll and google analytics.

when i'm not signed in to scroll, privacy badger tells me i'm being tracked by twelve different trackers.

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