[self-promotion:] My Safari extension StopTheMadness Pro disables the Beacon API.

Interesting. Could you elaborate on the rationale behind disabling the Beacon API?

snickerdoodle12 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's solely created for advertisers to be able to implement their tracking more reliably. There is almost no way to use it in a way that benefits the user.

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Chabsff 5 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, but you could also say that it was created so that advertisers stop doing complete nonsense like tracking pixels and other roundabout ways of accomplishing the same thing in ways that are sometimes (often?) detrimental to the user.

Sure, it's a form of capitulation to advertisers, that doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't benefit the user.

If advertisers are going to be doing that stuff no matter what, corralling them has advantages. If anything, it makes creating an extension like OP's a lot easier than playing whack-a-mole with a litany of random techniques.

	▲	snickerdoodle12 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, which is exactly the rationale for disabling it.

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vinnymac 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Not OP. It’s mostly used for tracking user behavior, and is rarely critical functionality for a given web page.

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zenethian 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You're a hero, and I love your extension. Thank you for all of your hard work.