mrsmee89's comments

mrsmee89 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Talked about my fave cereals now I see ads for the exact cereals. How?

Wow! If you tell someone that you purchased #123 and they know that #123 is shampoo, how is that not the same exact thing as telling them that you bought shampoo? I’m shocked at the sliminess of this.

mrsmee89 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Talked about my fave cereals now I see ads for the exact cereals. How?

Thanks for the detailed answer. That’s fascinating.

To be clear , you’re suggesting that there’s a map of labels (diapers, cereal etc) to marketing ids so apple can still say they anonymize your data even though for all intent and purposes, they don’t?

mrsmee89 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Talked about my fave cereals now I see ads for the exact cereals. How?

I didn’t, a family member did buy one of the two via credit card. Could that be it? The. We got associated via the WiFi network?

mrsmee89 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Talked about my fave cereals now I see ads for the exact cereals. How?

Nobody else had a phone with them. There where only the two devices I mentioned above. Both connected to the same WiFi network.

That’s a good question. Boredom led to the convo, I wasn’t using my phone at the time but even if I was “googling”, I would’ve been using duck duck go.

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: The Value of Grey Thinking (2016)

I had the exact same reaction.

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: The Value of Grey Thinking (2016)

In spirit of this article, I wonder why grey thinking is so uncommon. I get it’s hard but it feels like it’s only hard because it’s uncommon. When did removing nuance become such a common way of upbringing? What’s the driving force behind removing nuance?

Curious what the HackerNews community thinks.

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if websites aren't accessible

Check out userway.org

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Alternatives to uBlock Origin for Safari 13?

I'm using AdGuard but I'm not sure its as good as UBO.

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to import passwords from Safari to Firefox macOS?

Surprisingly couldn't find anything on the big g. Thanks though

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: uBlock Origin 1.20

Interesting. How do they differ fundamentally?

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: uBlock Origin 1.20

This is great! Any plans for Safari support?

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: As of June 2019, what is the best adblocker for Safari on macOS?

I've also tried Wipr and 1blockr

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do all VPNs suck?

Sounds expensive and complicated.

What's a valid "threat model"?

mrsmee89 | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: desktop.yml – A solution for installing persona-based software suites

This is so cool!

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: We Got Sick of Giving Out 'Ballpark Estimates' So We Built This

Super cool. Would be awesome to to see a price breakdown in the results view.

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: YouTube down?

It's back!

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Spotify hits 83M paying subscribers, more than double Apple Music’s 40M

I’m not sure about letting you filter but they have a toggle to hide explicit songs in settings -> explicit content (on iOS at least)

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies

I agree. Telling users they own their data and therefor have complete control over it is, at best, a misunderstanding of what we humans have control over and at worst insinuating that own=control to make the user think they are right.

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Apple Looks to Expand Advertising Business with New Network for Apps

Thanks for the validation, I think so too :)

mrsmee89 | 7 years ago | on: Apple Looks to Expand Advertising Business with New Network for Apps

I think Apple is driven by "What will make the people we care about happy?".

If they are entering the advertising market that means that some very self-aware people think this will make people they care about happy.

That's my worthless stupid opinion, that I consider to be fact :)