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Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#31
This kind of advice puts lay people at risk (if they see it).

Proliferation of such poor advice — which may just be copied and pasted by other sites as-is — could make lay people vulnerable to tracking outside of CBS properties too, since they may forget to turn it back on (or may not be even understand the need to have it on in the first place).

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#32
This is "have you tried turning it off and on again" not a conspiracy.

These extremely generic troubleshooting instructions have nothing to do with anything CBS all-access is or isn't doing.

Further down the page they tell you to clear your cache and history!

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#33
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That button is really called that but it's odd on a professional site

I've heard "hamburger menu", but never just "the hamburger".

I'd love to see a website or app stylize their hamburger menu button as an actual hamburger.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#34

Well this is a brilliant way of shifting people to PopcornTime. What exactly are they tracking that Firefox is interfering with?

Yes indeed. There era of entitlement is upon us - "unless CBS gives away all their free content without tracking and monetizing me, I'll illegally pirate their content - because in 2018 I'm entitled to CBS content without frills"

The problem is that there's no alternative to "free plus ads or tracking" for most services. If I could pay a reasonable fee for all the content and services I need, I'd do it. I can do it some places, but other things just aren't available.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#35
post #33
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard "hamburger menu", but never just "the hamburger".

I'd love to see a website or app stylize their hamburger menu button as an actual hamburger.

I'm working on a food-related app and this might actually be a consideration.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#36

This means that anti-tracking measures are working. This is good news.

Indeed. People need to understand that blocking ads will harm the industry and doom the economy. I’d go as far as banning ad-block users completely from my website.

Unless you're providing very specific information, good luck with that. People will just get their info elsewhere.

Or, you know, someone will get the info and repost it somewhere less restrictive.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#37

This means that anti-tracking measures are working. This is good news.

Indeed. People need to understand that blocking ads will harm the industry and doom the economy. I’d go as far as banning ad-block users completely from my website.

I find this a good mechanism for determining which sites I don't care about.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another dying legacy network that few people will remeber.

Funny how you let Amazon & Netflix track the fuck out of you, while paying them a prime membership or shopping on their website.

I don't use either Amazon or Netflix, the former really got me with rusty/leaking canned goods and fake items, thus why I ceased using 'em.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#39
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Anyone have an alternate source? Force.com itself is a tracking domain that I block.

I believe subdomains on force.com are used for support portals by companies using Salesforce for customer contact. I've seen it used by Western Digital and a bunch of software or SaaS companies.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

#40

This means that anti-tracking measures are working. This is good news.

Indeed. People need to understand that blocking ads will harm the industry and doom the economy. I’d go as far as banning ad-block users completely from my website.

Lying to people in order to advertise to them is what is harming the industry
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