Thinking of how the Brave browser blocks ads but then replaces them with their own to generate revenue.

What if there was a browser/chrome/Firefox add-on that you paid ($2 a month?) That installed a cookie on your device that would then remove adds from all.the sites you visited, that gained a share of what you paid in order to remove ads for you. So mass media sites, tech sites, etc. Would recognize your cookie, see that you’ve paid, and track how many sites you visited and then bill the company for how many users subscribed to the ad free service.

  • fidibus@lemmy.161.social
    2·
    3 years ago

    So mass media sites, tech sites, etc. Would recognize your cookie

    Good luck with that.

    Track how many sites you visited and then bill the company

    Soo now it’s not just me being tracked by each website with cookies, they see when I come back etc. Now it’s central tracking which websites I visit?

    • Nevar@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      Isn’t it already central tracking for some cookies used by Facebook etc?

      • fidibus@lemmy.161.social
        2·
        3 years ago

        I think they can be accessed just by facebook. Many websites have like buttons which then allow facebook to access your fb cookie

        i think