I mean...yeah? I feel like this has never had to do with technical convenience, but brand awareness. Facebook et al. never cared whether that thing was clicked, but having your company's logo under virtually every news article, blog post, you name it? Priceless.
Yes and no. Like, if they were forced to cease the tracking part, they wouldn't say "Ok, then don't bother to show our brand all across every website". As long they are allowed, obviously they will also track the shit out of everybody.
Indeed nobody uses the website sharing button - it’s there to load tracking pixels. Instead they hijack the mobile browser share button to inject whatever they want (tracking, etc.)
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30p87@feddit.org · 17 pts · 83d
Yeah, who tf will search for a specific button on a website when copy-pasting from the browser is always the same, efficient process?
UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 83d
Meanwhile google highjacks your links...
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 4 pts · 83d
The buttons are for tracking.
kossa@feddit.org · 8 pts · 83d
I mean...yeah? I feel like this has never had to do with technical convenience, but brand awareness. Facebook et al. never cared whether that thing was clicked, but having your company's logo under virtually every news article, blog post, you name it? Priceless.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 83d
Your brand logo that also loads a tracking cookie.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 8 pts · 83d
Nah, it's about tracking.
kossa@feddit.org · 4 pts · 83d
Yes and no. Like, if they were forced to cease the tracking part, they wouldn't say "Ok, then don't bother to show our brand all across every website". As long they are allowed, obviously they will also track the shit out of everybody.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 83d
Indeed nobody uses the website sharing button - it’s there to load tracking pixels. Instead they hijack the mobile browser share button to inject whatever they want (tracking, etc.)
makeshift0546@lemmy.today · -8 pts · 83d
This guy thinks everyone browsers at a desktop 🤣
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 10 pts · 83d
Your mobile browser doesnt have a share button?
makeshift0546@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 83d
Right, why use the button on the page in front of you instead of going through multiple clicks where it gets hijacked from the app.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 83d
Why do you trust your browser at all then?