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Originally Posted by John F
You also seemed to be concerned about automatically opting in. Can you show me an option where I can opt-out for ads?
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I thought we were talking about Amazon taking your bandwidth, without asking, and giving it to others. How did you tangent off to advertisements?
The only thing ads have in common with Amazon stealing bandwidth is that they're both annoying. But then, a skunk in my kitchen would be annoying too. Doesn't mean it's a good analogy to Amazon's theft.
Ads show up in your browser because you went to a website that loaded them. When you go to a website, you are requesting their content. That content may include text, images, scripting, ads, spyware and a whole bunch of other stuff. But the point is - YOU went to that website and requested a page load. YOU initiated things.
That is not what Amazon Sidewalk is doing. They are initiating the bandwidth theft all on their own. Therein lies the difference ... and the problem.
( FWIW, to help get rid of many of your ads, check into NoScript (or ScriptSafe), AdBlockPlus, and Ghostery. )