So it’s finally come down to “turn off JavaScript, or be infinitely tracked”?
And all cookies, else pixel trackers and serverside analytics can still identify your device. Don't need JS to set a cookie.
Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
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#12As someone who has spent a lot of time on both sides of this, I think this is a great outcome, personally. The most annoying part of ad-tech for me, as a user, was the fact that I was running all sorts of random javascript, any bit of which could blow up performance on my browser. As someone who used to lead an e-commerce operation, I hated running all of this crap in my users' browsers because I knew it would get bl…
Been there, until you're instructed to inject ads in your website, and then you're back to GTM again.
Re: Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
#13So it’s finally come down to “turn off JavaScript, or be infinitely tracked”?
I'd characterize more as "Turn off JavaScript, and lose access to any site fronted by Cloudflare."
Re: Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
#14Any organization still running Google Tag Manager and allowing random marketing people to insert whatever someone told them to in a webinar must be having a death wish when the GDPR exists. You would think security teams would have put an end to that madness years ago but here we are.
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#15I just use different browser for different activities. I search with Firefox (w/ Ublock, Adblocker) - when I'm ready to buy I use Chrome.
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#16As someone who has spent a lot of time on both sides of this, I think this is a great outcome, personally. The most annoying part of ad-tech for me, as a user, was the fact that I was running all sorts of random javascript, any bit of which could blow up performance on my browser. As someone who used to lead an e-commerce operation, I hated running all of this crap in my users' browsers because I knew it would get bl…
The most annoying part for me is getting tracked against my will.
So now it's worse.
Re: Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
#17I just use different browser for different activities. I search with Firefox (w/ Ublock, Adblocker) - when I'm ready to buy I use Chrome.
Why not just use Firefox containers?
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#19This is not a well-written article.