Re: Is there a Internet browser that...


Jan Panteltje wrote:
> On a sunny day (8 Jan 2006 17:54:21 -0800) it happened tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx wrote
> in <1136689205.221934.117880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >Is there an Internet browser that
> >maintains a list of URLs that require registering,
> >such as the New York Times,
> >and ignores calls to those URLs?
> Well, you know, I have considered 'registering' to my site several times.
> Nothing wrong with it.
> if you think you stay anonymous by not registering you are wrong.
> All connects to webservers are logged, and logs are kept, with YOUR IP address,
> the time, what you downloaded.
>
> Registering DOES keep away bots and search engines.. and they are a big bandwidth
> hog.
> NYtimes does great news work, I like it, am registered.
>
> They may be interested in getting some money back from non-subscribers but
> not sure if they sell your 'behaviour' to advertizers.
> And then so what, your browser accepts cookies too I am sure.

The issue is not being anonymous, nor cookies, etc.

The issue is that I, like billions of people,
I don't like to click on a url,
wait for the site to load to find out I have to register,
and then hit the "back" icon to ignore the site.

1. I don't like to waste time registering
when I can get the info from other sites.

2. I don't like to waste my time registering with sites
UNLESS they offer something of VALUE
that I can't get elsewhere.

I predict that the evolution of the Internet
will favor the sites that don't waste the times of the users,
and don't try to profile them.

For example, Google can be (And will be) had by a search site
that offered the same quality of service,
but focused on the search,
rather than on the searcher.

And as can be seen,
it appears that some politicians are beginning to use
data they get from search engines, the FBI, CIA, etc.
to attack their critics and opponents.

--
Tom Potter
http://no-turtles.com
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http://tom-potter.blogspot.com

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