• Azura The Spellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    …what

    When viewing public content, like YouTube or Maps, sure you’re right. But that’s besides the point given that the post clearly refers to editors, not just viewers.

    On cloud editors where my documents are non-public until I explicitly enable public access “for anyone with the link” - by using the share button - it’s not much tracking but literally required functionality. Even if we ignore corporate crap, that also applies to privacy focused, self hosted options like Immich

    Can’t I just export to a file and share that? Yes, in some cases, but not in all. I might need collaborative features or I’m working on a weird type of document where I can’t expect the recipient to have compatible native software installed, or it might be in a work context where my personal choices for software might be limited.

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      2 days ago

      this “editor” is probably a electron app that shows you a web app, or some other web based thingz so every vendor connected to that button is collecting data all the same like every other website

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        That’s clearly not a social share button depicted in the drawing. It’s an os / custom sharing button. Not to mention social share buttons don’t necessarily load from the shared platform’s own website, run javascript or track you across browsers.

        Share buttons exist because people use them.

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          It sounds like you’re both talking past each other re: is it the “share on Facebook” tracking thing, or the smartphone “share” button that is just how you export a file these days.

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              I’m not sure what you mean to say by posting this picture. Maria’s comment was,

              yyyyyyyyes. god, the share buttons… who actually clicks those? instagram users?

              Which, given the context, made me think of the “share on Instagram” buttons you see on other Web pages, but not this picture.