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by fx32s 5y ago
That request is made to the ad platform (e.g. Google/FB/Amzn) and not the 3th party who owns the ad. Even when following the link the website does not get any personal information it does not already get by you visiting their webs
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by fx32s 5y ago
You can be targeted without explicitly selling data to a third party. This is how most large advertising networks work. They don't send a dump of all user data to a third party who wants to advertise.
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by fx32s 5y ago
You can be targeted without explicitly selling data to a third party. This is how most large advertising networks work. They don't send a dump of all user data to a third party who wants to advertise.
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by fx32s 5y ago
I personally prefer having personalised ads over vanilla ones. Especially if the data is not sold but merely used to improve ads. If possible I try to pay where possible to not have ads in the first place.
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by fx32s 5y ago
I'd like some evidence with all these conspiracy theories. Recent battles between news corps and silicon valley have shown they are on opposite sides if anything. There is no shortage of negative press regarding silicon valley.
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by fx32s 5y ago
I'm curious to the longer term effects of companies that move hybrid setups. It would seem to me (although anecdotically) that in this setup working fully remote might hinder career growth due to visibility and being less involved in n
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by fx32s 5y ago
news flash, most people are paid per hour, not per work unit
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by fx32s 5y ago
Get off your high horse please. Many folks enjoy a social component while being productive instead of being a drone for 8 hours every day.
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by fx32s 5y ago
While I also like the idea of choice for people on either side of the spectrum I feel being remote while part of your team/company is not puts you at a severe disadvantage. Both in the sense of being involved in new projects and ideas
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by fx32s 5y ago
Unsure where you get your quotes but Switzerland beats UK in post tax earnings by quite a margin according to data I found. Note that Switzerland has only a 20-25% effective tax. If you want decent money (not even NYC or Silicon Valley mone
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by fx32s 6y ago
Reading the comments it almost seems that folks assume passwords are shared plain text with these trackers. I don't have any issue with Lastpass having anonymized logs of how often people visit which part of the app if it leads to impr
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by fx32s 6y ago
You just described the goal of capitalism. This is nothing specific to tech companies.
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by fx32s 6y ago
I was able to change this default in the settings.
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by fx32s 6y ago
Sorry, I added the edit, I'm quite new to this comment section and assumed it might show my edit by default
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by fx32s 6y ago
> The best solution to this would be regional alternatives operating on a shared standard. This would avoid the problem of values not reflecting your culture's values, not having to moderate billions of people, etc. You are just shi
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by fx32s 6y ago
A state regulated and censored siloed system where you can't communicate across borders hardly seems like the thing to strive for if you want to displace FB. edited to reword as to not assume intentions of op
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by fx32s 6y ago
I think most would agree that if there were a globally connected (meaning countries are not silos), open and privacy first alternative would exist they would want to switch however I think once these platforms grow they would hit similar pr
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by fx32s 6y ago
I don't see how having national backed social media platforms to the likes china does is a better alternative for end users compared to facebook. If you are a proponent for open speech this will accomplish the opposite since it simpli
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by fx32s 7y ago
It's curious that people have such diverging experiences with the spam filter. I think the claim that Google's filter is objectively worse should at least be supported by some evidence if you're going to make a bold statement
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by fx32s 7y ago
Why would it need to be shut down.
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by fx32s 8y ago
Why should you tip the hair stylists though. Isn't the service exactly what you pay for in the first place (same as taxi/uber)? For food I can kind of understand of since they decouple serving and preparation + ingredients. Note t
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by fx32s 8y ago
China is indeed catching up. Production of technology is done there because labor is cheap (being a producer does not imply innovation). Chinese companies still have a way to go to become mainstream in the western world. The blade cuts both
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by fx32s 8y ago
Does this mean Bing is already doing this?
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by fx32s 8y ago
Actually many of them regularly donate to charity and have employee charity matching programmes ( https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202084918-Ap... ) I'm not sure if only money would help in
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by fx32s 8y ago
I'd argue that the risk of such vulnerabilities with smaller companies is way higher but they are just not disclosed. Many people are also fine with the data for free services trade.
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by fx32s 8y ago
Not sure if the average tech person is switching (from what I see in my environment) or if it's the vocal minority on HN. I'm happy for their success although the number is still not very significant
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by fx32s 8y ago
AI learns from the training data it's given and copies any biases this data exhibits. Pretty much all software today uses ML in some form to improve their services. I feel it's here to stay and not bad by default. We just have to
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by fx32s 8y ago
I feel the common rhetoric here is to dictate people what's ok and what's not under the assumption they don't understand. Many people (including myself) are fine with the price we pay for free online services and understand t
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by fx32s 8y ago
The proof of guilt is on the accusing party though. Still lacking hard evidence here.
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by fx32s 8y ago
If they can push the industry forward I am all for it. In general some innovations are not sustainable but are still beneficial for the end users, getting these otherwise neglected fields funded through other income streams doesn't se

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