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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Every site is trying to pull a Bonzai Buddy now.

"We need all your info for advertising, not you can't opt out unless you make an account and give us your email. Oops, looks like I hid the opt-out under a subheader. Amazon is now profiling you."

WE USED TO CALL THAT SHIT A VIRUS.

ITS EVERY. FUCKING. WEBSITE. NOW

"Hi I'm going to block this entire site until you give me your info, this is very cool and normal."

Capitalism ruined the internet. The whole thing is malware now.

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[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Luckily you can mitigate most of it by installing uBlock Origin.

[-] hummingspark@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

i second ublock origin.

But the problem runs deeper. Sure you can hide from all those ads they display, but they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations.

[-] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations

You can protect from that, too, but it's substantially harder and takes a lot more effort.

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

I resent the idea that a normal person needs like two media studies degrees and a minor in cyber security to interact kinda safely with aspects of our society that are essentially non-optional

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[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

It’s prohibitively difficult enough that most people will never even try, which means it’s working as intended.

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[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Ive been using it for years and a month a go I sadly started seeing ads on youtube for the very first time.

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[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago

Tor browser with security mode on Max. Find out how much of the internet is actually information or paywalls

[-] booty@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

I was just thinking about this the other day. I noticed that I would click on an imgur link and try to zoom in on my phone, and it legit just took me zooming as permission to redirect me to some completely random imgur post about the worst meme you've ever seen. And I'm like "isn't this like clickjacking or something? i thought that was considered malware"

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

i visit hexbear, my favorite invidious instance, and sometimes satisfactory tools and all of them with privacy badger and ublock. thankfully i have been relatively shielded from the enshittification. but i really hate how the www is headed straight into the shitter

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