• AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    i think i would get notified in some way if the Mozilla Foundation changes ownership, and since it’s open source that is not much of an argument. open source is getting more common the last few years, but it’s definitely not common

    sure, it doesn’t mean they can’t. everyone making their own app also means that they don’t per default.

    and you didn’t touch the point regarding NO ADBLOCKING IN APPS while the whole debate here is because alphabet doesn’t want effective adblocking in their browser.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t know what to say regarding your claim of no ad blocking in apps because I don’t understand why you think that. I disagree because it’s the same game just in different apps, depending on the medium:

      • images then you could do what ad blockers fo now: block based on domain -video you still disregard other ad files, or have a sysyem like sponser block
      • text (e.g.) on a Gemini client you’d need to detect the text that looks like ads.
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        5 months ago

        domain based blocking systems are nice for a base level of ad removal, they do nothing if the ads are coming from the same domain. sponsorblock is nice, but it’s the work of volunteers to remove those ads - if youtubes userbase were splintered over thousands of apps it wouldn’t be feasable.

        i don’t know when i have seen just text-based ads in the last 10 years. those are an non-issue, even for me. the issues are scripts, user profiling and tracking.

        the big difference is: the browser gives webpages/apps a standardized environment where the user has the last word regarding what runs on it or not (if you are not using chromium anyway). in apps, the user doesn’t have that luxury, especially regarding tracking and profiling.

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          5 months ago

          I value software freedom so I don’t promote proprietary apps that prevent users doing their computing the way they want. There’s not much I can do about how companies mistreat their users. Just contribute to free (open source) software, advocate for a culture that values freedom over convenience, and advocate for laws against proprietary software.