JavaScript isn’t the problem; the business model of Silicon Valley is. Web developers aren’t “terrible at their craft”; they excel at it. It just so happens that under surveillance capitalism their craft is to build sites that track and profile you. Needs systemic change to fix.https://twitter.com/twbtwb/status/1002421587667136512 …
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Replying to @aral
It is actually not Silicon Valley. Media/publishers have been too lazy to do the work, and embraced ad economy without as much a thought. Plus, you don’t get a bonus for thinking, just getting more ad revenues
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Replying to @om
(Wrote a bit more about it a little while back after crawling publishing/adtech sites while preparing a Better Blocker update: https://better.fyi/spotlight/#expanded-editorial … – would appreciate your thoughts given your experience/involvement in the industry.)
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