Post 2154355 by da@mastodon.technology
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(DIR) Post #2134724 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-20T15:14:24Z
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If you use Google Analytics in your open source project, you're a narcissistic asshole.
(DIR) Post #2137433 by maryjane@social.coletivos.org
2018-12-20T17:20:10Z
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@sirOr #google fonts or recaptcha
(DIR) Post #2152509 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T04:03:22Z
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@maryjane @sir reCAPTCHA has a 99,3 % marketshare. There really isn’t any good alternatives available with comparable accessibility and detection ratio. I really wish there were a ton of real alternatives, however.
(DIR) Post #2152599 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-21T04:06:26Z
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@da @maryjane proof of work
(DIR) Post #2152684 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T04:10:12Z
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@sir I tried using Coinhive’s click-to-cryptomine-for-30-seconds for a few days but their domain is blocked by some DNS providers and ad blockers (all hail the EasyList maintainers: the ultimate gatekeepers of the web) so that made it problematic.https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/coinhive-captchaTested other proof-to-work like CAPTCHA system but all I’ve found have had miserable browser compatibility and have failed to detect mobile device limitation and adjust expected work-amount accordingly.
(DIR) Post #2152762 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-21T04:12:50Z
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@da I'm not sure there are any good ones right now I guess. It's all too easy to infect that with cryptocurrency bullshit
(DIR) Post #2153885 by maryjane@social.coletivos.org
2018-12-21T04:47:42Z
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@da @sir in the 2000's Internet Explorer 6 also had around 90% market share that did not meant it was a good piecce of technology... This website, abide a bit old summerizes some of my problems with reCAPTCHA https://recaptcha.sucks/
(DIR) Post #2154084 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T04:56:58Z
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@maryjane @sir I didn’t say reCAPTCHA is good; just that it has a complete market dominance while also solving a real problem people have in a market with virtually no competitors. Same situation with AdSense, and that is more problematic seeing how Google uses the platform to push Chrome and other Google products at prices no competitor to those other products can compete with.
(DIR) Post #2154152 by maryjane@social.coletivos.org
2018-12-21T05:00:56Z
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@da @sir Sorry i misinterpred your post.
(DIR) Post #2154182 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-21T04:59:37Z
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@da @maryjane any open source projects using adsense are run by assholes, too
(DIR) Post #2154194 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T05:02:04Z
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@sir @maryjane maybe those people like food more than you do.
(DIR) Post #2154264 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-21T05:04:24Z
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@da @maryjane yes, they convert their users privacy and convenience into food, instead of any of the thousands of other ways to put food on the table. Very good way to thank your users for their support
(DIR) Post #2154355 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T05:09:13Z
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@sir @maryjane AdSense can be configured to not record data or serve personalized ads. It’s even the default setting in the EEA these days and can be configured that way for everyone else too. So exchanging less than 40 kB per pageload of the user’s bandwidth for food seems like a fair trade to me.
(DIR) Post #2154403 by sir@cmpwn.com
2018-12-21T05:13:14Z
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@da @maryjane adsense has a placebo switch, you mean
(DIR) Post #2154430 by da@mastodon.technology
2018-12-21T05:15:23Z
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@sir who hurt you?