Video
Showing video on the internet has always been difficult. Video files are large, so they take up a lot of server space and bandwidth. Different operating systems require different file formats and players for the same video, visitors with a slow connection want a small, low-quality file, visitors with a fast connection want a large, high-quality file. The arrival of HTML 5 has made it all a lot easier, but it is still a hassle. Sites like YouTube and Vimeo solve all these problems for you.
If you want, you can host your videos yourself, but this means a lot of extra work. I don't know of an alternative that comes close to Youtube or Vimeo in terms of user-friendliness and accessibility. A middle ground poland mobile phone number list could be a solution similar to the Social Sharing buttons: the video (including trackers) is only loaded after a picture of the video (without trackers) is clicked. Although I don't think it's difficult to make, I haven't found an example of this yet. Maybe you have?
Firefox extension Mozilla Lightbeam.
Firefox extension Mozilla Lightbeam.
What can your visitors do themselves?
You may have, whether or not you know it, given companies the opportunity to track visitors to your site, but can the visitor do anything about it? Yes, they can.
There are a number of extensions or plugins available for web browsers that block (some of) the trackers. And also take away some of the functionality, because those handy like buttons no longer work since I installed Do not track me , Disconnect and Ghostery . The latter seems rather dubious to me, to be honest, since it is owned by the tracking(!) company Evidon . So I would choose one of the first two.
If you're not paying for the product, you are the product
Of course, Facebook, Twitter, Google and all sorts of other companies don't offer their services for free because they like us so much. Ultimately, they want to make money. And they do that by collecting data about us with free products for which they then charge money. If you're not paying for the product, you are the product .
In itself it makes sense. We get something from them, so there has to be something in return . Only: what we get is clear, but what we pay for it is less so. What exactly happens to our data, who gets to see it, how are they combined, how long are they stored? I have no idea.
I have tried to show alternatives for the 'unconsciously' acquired trackers on your site. As I said, our site is also full of them. They are also very useful and user-friendly. In the coming months I will try to implement some of these alternatives. I will share our experiences with you.
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