alt Hacker NewsSomeone sets up a server that accepts connections to it and then someone sends a connection request to it.
My disappointment is not with websites. It is with browsers. They have continuously prioritized dark pattern support. They have consistently removed user control.
I mean it's not the websites that default to recording every keystroke, default to tracker persistence, default to phoning home with daily telemetry, etc.
When I first started using HN, I ran four very different browser engines. Now there's no real choice.
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None of the information on the website I would argue is a dark pattern. The remote server knows my IP address? Yes that's how the web works.
The server knows my window's resolution? Well I think thats very useful information for the application to have for layouting.
You know what other application is recording my keystrokes right now? HackerNews. "recording keystrokes" is also known as "typing in a text box"
Why isn't there choice anymore? Aren't all the major browsers open source?