Waldo JaquithCNN blocking the default configuration of Safari is a bold move.
Strangers: It’s nice that you can load CNN’s website. Please do not ask me why you can do that and why I can’t. I do not know why. Please do not tell me that CNN is bad and I should not be reading it; I know CNN is bad but that’s irrelevant. Please do not tell me to use a different browser or OS, because boy that’s obnoxious jackassery and it’s time somebody told you that.
Matthew Martin@waldoj My computer works, please troubleshoot it for me.
Romain Pouclet@waldoj I love that I read this message first, then saw the comments to the first message and went « yep, fair enough » 😅
Jason Garber@waldoj Been that way for a minute, yeah.
Michael Wyman@waldoj I have just come to view this move as CNN protecting me from itself whenever I encounter it.
standev@waldoj I have a bunch of addons(Safari/iOS) to block website obnoxiousness, apparently some combination of Stop the Madness and Mullvad DNS forces it to load anyway (or maybe they are doing A/B trials, or something else). I don’t know either 🤷♂️
Ogi@waldoj update your Adblock extension
@ogi I have no Aeblock extension.
@waldoj pihole or anything like that?
@ogi Nope, though it’s possible my DNS provider is doing something.
@waldoj work on mobile on the cell phone network?
@ogi Good idea! Nope, still doesn’t work, and that’s with all content blockers off.
@waldoj new browser with private browsing? Would even go as far as to download a new browser and quadrupole check your DNS is set to default and no VPN is active
@ogi Argh, their blocked content page turns out to be a dedicated URL (https://www.cnn.com/browser-blocked), so of course reloading doesn’t help. The “fix” is to turn off content blockers for cnn.com. That said, I have zero custom content blockers, so the thing that’s blocked appears to be the stock iOS configuration of Safari, as I’d thought.
Draken BlackKnight@waldoj
"I have a problem and I don't want to change any of my settings for the solution! Just work your wizardry!"
"I have a problem and I don't want to change any of my settings for the solution! Just work your wizardry!"
Sam Gross@waldoj the tl;dr is that they need to track you to remember if you opted out of them tracking you, Safari prevents *all* of their tracking of you so they can’t be sure if they’re allowed to track you or not.
glasspshr@waldoj you expressed this a lot more politely than I would have. You're a gentleman
mbo77@waldoj
Hmm, then maybe don't shout your anecdotal problems into the world if you don't like the answer.
Hmm, then maybe don't shout your anecdotal problems into the world if you don't like the answer.