So they released a prototype a few years ago, and people said it wasn't great.
Then they redesigned the product and published this fluff piece, but intentionally left out the part where they ask people how it tasted?
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It's Google analytics, and the meta/twitter/etc tracking pixels. Almost every site uses them because they provide useful data to the site owner and they are free.
the images in OPs post appear to be designed to match their site theme, meaning umatrix wouldn't even block them, because they are being served from the sites actual domain/CDN and not from Facebook/Google's tracking domain.
The buttons don't do any tracking just from existing. They only exist to encourage a miniscule number of people to repost your content on social media, and in the event a share comes from that, they may include affiliate info
All the useful information comes from the tracking scripts, which developers are also placing themselves because they are infinitely more useful. They tell you where visitors are coming from, how/if they are converting, everything they are viewing/interacting with on your site, and what the ROI of your ad spend is. In addition to telling you if someone clicked the share button.
Tracking pixels have been decoupled from the "share" buttons for at least 10-15 years
Just loading the "share" icon from the social media website allows them to see that you are reading that specific article
The buttons aren't necessary for this though. They can do that with a tag, or a hidden 1x1 pixel
Yes, it was hyperbole, but saying "CodeWeavers does contribute back" is really downplaying it, many, if not most of the wine development is done by CodeWeavers employees (including Alexandre Julliard). Mac users buying crossover was pretty much the main economic driver turning the gears of wine for the 10-15 years before Valve started sponsoring it as well.
still can’t trust them long term because profit
The company is an employee owned trust (co-op) if that lessens the blow
The "Paid app" he is referring to is wine for anyone too lazy to read the article
Sounds like a prank I would have pulled on a roommate back in college (e.g. change desktop background to a screenshot of desktop, and then delete all the shortcuts)
Also the Linux license does not require you to open source your product, this is why a huge chunk of Google Android is closed source and distributed separately from its open source components.
You only need to open-source modifications and kernel side code (drivers, etc). There is a clearly defined boundary in the license (syscall exception) that makes it crystal clear that proprietary applications can use the kernel as long as they are only touching the user-space API headers
Gilmore girls isn't mentioned in this article but it's been measured before, it's less than it's always sunny
They are right - the mod is 100% abusing their privileges, don't know why they warranted the downvote
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He actually probably doesnt. He has been making top bracket income for the past 20 years. The last few years he has been making just shy of 300k with his housing+everything else provided to him as opposition leader. In 10 years he can start collecting one of the biggest pensions in government (behind Trudeau).