> They're using the captcha to disincentivize users from using browsers other than Chrome or from not having a Google account.
It has absolutely nothing to do with Chrome. And anyone who is sane has switched to Firefox and is now patiently enduring how lousy it is by comparison because ad blockers are sacrosanct.
> And now with v3, it's supposed to happen on every page of the web? It shouldn't be too hard to see it's a disaster.
Yes, site owners gotta opt in to captchas. Most sites already have enough connections to Google on every page they could already do most of this work. But that's unethical.
Ultimately, a increasingly sophisticated statistical analysis of users is the only reliable way to get robots out of spaces meant for humans. Our social media is crippled by robots masquerading as humans for the profits of various agencies who's names you aren't even privileged to know, but you're concerned about opt-in countermeasures because... Why again? That in a dark future every mom and pop web shop is gonna have sophisticated log analytics at their disposal, either because free software finally gets off its ass or because state capitalism does what it does and awards all the business to 1-2 competitors?
To me, you're arguing about the color of the insulin bottle rather than pointing out how absurd the system that can cheerfully jack it's price 10x is.
It has absolutely nothing to do with Chrome. And anyone who is sane has switched to Firefox and is now patiently enduring how lousy it is by comparison because ad blockers are sacrosanct.
> And now with v3, it's supposed to happen on every page of the web? It shouldn't be too hard to see it's a disaster.
Yes, site owners gotta opt in to captchas. Most sites already have enough connections to Google on every page they could already do most of this work. But that's unethical.
Ultimately, a increasingly sophisticated statistical analysis of users is the only reliable way to get robots out of spaces meant for humans. Our social media is crippled by robots masquerading as humans for the profits of various agencies who's names you aren't even privileged to know, but you're concerned about opt-in countermeasures because... Why again? That in a dark future every mom and pop web shop is gonna have sophisticated log analytics at their disposal, either because free software finally gets off its ass or because state capitalism does what it does and awards all the business to 1-2 competitors?
To me, you're arguing about the color of the insulin bottle rather than pointing out how absurd the system that can cheerfully jack it's price 10x is.