How to use a website:

[kinsale42@mstdn.games]

@maxleibman you forgot to let it autoplay video, that's why it failed

[drewph@ieji.de]

@maxleibman
If I have to do step 1 I just won't bother.

[scottytrees@mastodon.social]

@maxleibman that’s not just one website, that’s multiple websites and most of those that do this practice aren’t even worth visiting.

[chessert@mastodon.online]

@drewph @maxleibman

Ditto. Sites only get one strike from me now, not three.

[nicolaottomano@mastodon.uno]

@maxleibman
My website:
- No Ads
- No tracking
- No sign-in required
- Anonymous, local-only stats
- Cookie banner (but it's mandatory)

[daveography@yeg.bike]

@maxleibman

[1 hour later]: *email ping*

Subject: Where did you go new friend? We miss you!

[lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br]

0. enable execution of arbitrary javascript programs

[hagbard@corteximplant.com]

@maxleibman our lord an saviour google ai search will now save us

[seindal@mastodon.uno]

@nicolaottomano

Cookie banner is only necessary if you share the data with third parties. If you have everything locally, you don't need the banner.

I use locally run analytics, have no ads, and no cookie banner.

[soozcat@raphus.social]

@maxleibman

3 years later:
"Oops, our database got hacked, your PII may be compromised"

[energisch_@troet.cafe]

@maxleibman This is the internet part of #enshittification .

[altlazybear@mas.to]

@maxleibman I just use lynx. too bad mastodon needs js.

[nyx@lgbtqia.space]

@maxleibman relatable

[Gæst]

@maxleibman ...and that's what sadly makes using AI for researching stuff so convenient.

[arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl]

@maxleibman you forgot about closing ads

[markotway@mastodonapp.uk]

@maxleibman
Don't forget:

13. Click the back button to return to your previous page and find yourself looking at a page of ads you never saw when you arrived.

[fenixmaster@mastodon.social]

@maxleibman Ik draai pihole en krijg regelmatig het verzoek van websites mijn add blocker uit te schakelen. Ja, daag. Dan ben ik weer weg en mis de informatie niet.

[jigmedatse@social.openpsychology.net]

@maxleibman@beige.party I skip to step 12 unless something seems very much worth jumping through all the hoops.

[gytisrepecka@social.gyt.is]

@maxleibman Internet as we have it today

[kdelta@ieji.de]

@nicolaottomano @maxleibman Unless you are using cookies to snoopy on folk then I don’t think cookie banners are mandatory at all. The EU is already pissed off with the laziness of companies who just dumped a “is it okay” prompt on their sites and are loooking to further change the legislation. It was supposed to encourage companies to stop snooping, not just expect them all to give a pop-up demanding permission and making web browsing annoying.