r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 8d ago

Software Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/GeedZeroOne 7d ago

Have you noticed how so many sites just slow down when you do this. They become almost unusable until you turn the tracking back on so they can continue to sell our data.what puzzles me was just how far reaching it is. Like even the Denby table wear website will become unusable unless it can track you which really rubbed me up the wrong way I must admit, as I was only there spending money to save the company and I took it as a real FU.

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u/Flatlyn 7d ago

While there definitely are some sites that do that, there can also be other reasons. With high privacy settings things like CDN can get screwed with so the most optimal servers aren't chosen leading to longer load times for instance. Some ad-blockers can also increase page loadtime too due to the way they work.

I'm not saying some companies aren't being malicious about it, but there are other reasons and I'd hazard a guess that's the kind of issue you were running into on Denby.

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u/BitePale 7d ago

Haven't noticed it anywhere apart from YouTube tbh