▲ 337 ▼ "Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again (blog.privacyguides.org) submitted 2 years ago by MissingInteger@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago* (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] fin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) 99% of their users are not these things I don't think so. People using Firefox are freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. And if Firefox should lose those people, it will truly be the end permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradox@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It's slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can't hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Sources? permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago FF users include both normal people and freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Privacy based advertizing: Develop ad Think about what websites your target demographic will probably frequent. (Be creative, dear marketing person! You can do it! This is the essence of what you're getting paid for!) Pay those sites to display your ad Done. Forget about the technical details and whether the user understands what it is. No. Why? It's simple. They are collecting data I don't want the ad networks to have instead of the ad networks and give it to the ad networks. That's only more private than the status quo if I'm okay with them to have this data and trust them to handle it responsibly. Which I have no reason to. which is why they correctly say that the user won't understand the Feature. See explanation above. That's not too complicated to explain to a person that managed to turn on the computer. It only gets complicated when you try to follow the mental gymnastics you need to think this feature adds privacy for anybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago This exactly. We don't need some in-between "compromise". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) 99% of their users are not these things I don't think so. People using Firefox are freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. And if Firefox should lose those people, it will truly be the end permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradox@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It's slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can't hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Sources? permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago FF users include both normal people and freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Paradox@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It's slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can't hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Sources? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It's slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can't hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Sources? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 7 points 2 years ago The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Sources? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago FF users include both normal people and freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Privacy based advertizing: Develop ad Think about what websites your target demographic will probably frequent. (Be creative, dear marketing person! You can do it! This is the essence of what you're getting paid for!) Pay those sites to display your ad Done. Forget about the technical details and whether the user understands what it is. No. Why? It's simple. They are collecting data I don't want the ad networks to have instead of the ad networks and give it to the ad networks. That's only more private than the status quo if I'm okay with them to have this data and trust them to handle it responsibly. Which I have no reason to. which is why they correctly say that the user won't understand the Feature. See explanation above. That's not too complicated to explain to a person that managed to turn on the computer. It only gets complicated when you try to follow the mental gymnastics you need to think this feature adds privacy for anybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago This exactly. We don't need some in-between "compromise". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago This exactly. We don't need some in-between "compromise". permalink fedilink source parent