In recent news, Google has put forth a proposal known as the "Web Environment Integrity Explainer", authored by four of its engineers. On the surface, it
  • dartos@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m not saying ads are perfect, but they’re not the thing that’s strangling and ruining the internet. They’ve always been a part of it.

    But also like any website can run arbitrary code like that. Most ad platforms don’t allow their customers to just have arbitrary js.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They have not always been a part of the net, I can guarantee you that. Used to have my own totally free site back around 1999/2000 or so. No ads whatsoever, written entirely from Notepad.

      Please don’t try telling me the history of the net before you were born.

      • dartos@reddthat.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So first, you don’t know my age. Don’t be weird.

        Second, just because you ran a personal site without ads doesn’t mean ads weren’t part of the internet…