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

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Post by chris_wot »

mankash666 wrote: post #26
chris_wot wrote: post #18

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"

I’m not saying I’ll be doing this - but All-Access consumers pay money to access content. Why should they be tracked to an inch of their lives?

There’s nothing “entitled” about wanting to maintain your privacy.

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

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Post by dataqat »

hfdgiutdryg wrote: post #5

Click the hamburger (3 vertical lines) in the top right corner of the screen I found it humorous that they simply call it 'the hamburger', and that they confused vertical with horizontal.

Could be 3 very wide and short-in-height lines stacked vertically?

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

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Post by chris_wot »

mankash666 wrote: post #29
metildaa wrote: post #27

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 watch Netflix on Firefox without any issues.

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

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Post by arghwhat »

LaPollaNegra wrote: post #30
josteink wrote: post #25

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.

Great, then I can easily see that I do not wish to access your website!

Ads should be blocked relentlessly until companies realize what reasonable, secure and tasteful ads look like, instead of the intrusive malware-ridden pile that interrupt our lives at the current time.

Tracking, on the other hand, will never have a place in this world.

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

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Post by myWindoonn »

mankash666 wrote: post #26
chris_wot wrote: post #18

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"

Hi! You're part of today's Lucky 10000.

CBS, whose 'B' stands for 'Broadcasting', historically has used electromagnetic radiation ("radio waves") to transmit a variety of media, more-or-less continuously, for many decades. As a result, they have become known for publishing large amounts of content under a fairly permissive and flexible scheme.

Since CBS's content is already widely publicized, by the nature of broadcasting, CBS is effectively but one of many republishers of their already-broadcast media. While CBS is free to charge a premium for access to their archives, there's no good reason why other members of the public must charge or force users to jump through hoops.

I will grant you that the law gives CBS some ability to remove competitors from the market, but since CBS does not charge for access to their initial broadcasting, it does not follow that delayed rebroadcasts which do not charge are inherently violating the spirit of copyright. It seems particularly insulting to imagine that my entitlement to something broadcast decades ago might rest solely on whether or not I had remembered to program the VHS tape deck as a teenager.

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

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Post by pavel_lishin »

LaPollaNegra wrote: post #30
josteink wrote: post #25

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.

> blocking ads will harm the industry

Which industry?

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

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Post by pavel_lishin »

mankash666 wrote: post #29
metildaa wrote: post #27

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.

Netflix doesn't tell me to let everyone else on the internet track me.

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

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Post by amaccuish »

dataqat wrote: post #42
hfdgiutdryg wrote: post #5

Click the hamburger (3 vertical lines) in the top right corner of the screen I found it humorous that they simply call it 'the hamburger', and that they confused vertical with horizontal.

Could be 3 very wide and short-in-height lines stacked vertically?

This blew my mind. I'm aware that HN frowns upon such comments, but I just had to take my hat off to you.
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