• 1 Post
  • 36 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: July 9th, 2023

help-circle














  • I thought it constituted a full engine, curious on your take.

    Two reasons:

    • It is often a last consideration for web devs. If I had a dollar for every time WebKit broke just at my work…
    • I don’t like Apple, so since it’s my dumb comparison, they get demerits for being a stupid walled garden that’s hard to leave.

    It’s mostly that last one for me. It’s indeed a valid engine, but my understanding is that it’s not particularly great to work with. Either way, you can just take my comment as a thinly veiled dig at Apple.




  • From what I understand, usage stats are anonymized, and you can opt out of telemetry. But as I personally move to more hardened and private ways to connect, I’m moving to LibreWolf to err on the side of caution.

    It all feels like flying too close to the sun for my taste. I don’t like the idea of normalizing policies that aren’t cut and dry and easy to understand. Have a legal version and a version for dumb people like me if needed, but don’t expect me to play lawyer and connect the dots.



  • To quote this wiki that did a very good job of breaking down this clusterfuck:

    The CCPA defines “selling data” as:

    “Sell,” “selling,” “sale,” or “sold,” means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

    The sticking point is that last “other valuable consideration.” The question that people should be asking is: “valuable to whom and in what capacity?” Value does not need to be for financial gain; knowledge is valuable to a contractor building a building, for example.

    But I recommend reading that wiki breakdown or just watch this video. It’s a mess that can’t be untangled in a simple Lemmy comment.