Mee@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoWhy do websites still include those buttons to share articles in 2025? does anyone even still use them?reddthat.comimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down16cross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1375arrow-down1imageWhy do websites still include those buttons to share articles in 2025? does anyone even still use them?reddthat.comMee@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: asklemmy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoThey aren’t useless at all, just not in the sense you expect. Those icons are hosted on the respective website and therefore serve as a giant tracking pixel. Better block them altogether.
They aren’t useless at all, just not in the sense you expect. Those icons are hosted on the respective website and therefore serve as a giant tracking pixel. Better block them altogether.