cross-posted from: https://social.fossware.space/post/123876

In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

Trackers, trackers and ol’ Zucc’s roboface galore.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    1 year ago

    I just cannot fathom why people would see the shortest that Musk has made of Twitter and think the best solution is to go to a clone made by Zuckerberg. Have they learned nothing?

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      21
      ·
      1 year ago

      Because fundamentally, people really don’t care about all that much. They want a simple social network that’s vaguely pleasant to use, has the people and content they’re looking for, and otherwise stays out of their way. They certainly don’t care about Musk’s random crusade du jour against the evil woke libs.

      Nor do they particularly care about targeted advertising so long as it remains vaguely unobtrusive and their data isn’t constantly leaked in ways that directly harm them. Zuck, for all his many flaws, is smart enough to know that the single biggest thing he can do is to largely stay out of the way.

    • dhork@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      Because people just submit it. He doesn’t know why. They just trust him. Dumb Fucks.

      • Ragnell@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        Worse. No one trusts Zuckerberg, they just all figure nothing bad will happen. “He’s got everyone’s data anyway.” They don’t think.

        • ekZepp@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          99% of times “stupidity” is just a lack of information, interest and prospective who let people don’t see how someone else problem could very well become “their” problem too given enough time.