ooli2@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agoCAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkCAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking to generate nearly $1 trillion for Googlewww.pcgamer.comooli2@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoCloudflare turnstile is also the only captcha system that works ok with most browsers and adblockers. Especially Google recaptcha freaks out if you use Firefox or an adblocker or anything and asks you the hardest possible questions.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThat’s a feature, not a bug.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBetter than not asking you any questions and just going in an infinite loop!
Cloudflare turnstile is also the only captcha system that works ok with most browsers and adblockers.
Especially Google recaptcha freaks out if you use Firefox or an adblocker or anything and asks you the hardest possible questions.
That’s a feature, not a bug.
Anticompetitive feature!
Better than not asking you any questions and just going in an infinite loop!