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A setting to disable all "social" features (like facebook)
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WTF A simple setting in user profile which, when enabled, disables loading in the background of all that facebook, twitter, google +1 crap. Don't use it, don't want it.
MilkSheikh007 Hi, the request is as stated. I had a Facebook account and FB locked me out of it totally citing an untrue reason. However unfortunate it is, I once long before linked my 'that previous' Facebook account with my GOG account. I would LOVE to see GOG unlink them, otherwise, in the future, my GOG account maybe negatively affected by being linked with an account that is dormant/inactive or might be miused by hackers. I wish I could unlik them myself but because I can't log into my previous Facebook account, I can't unlink it. The unliking can only happen if someone logs into via Facebook. From within GOG it can't happen. I wish I can unlink it from inside GOG.
temps Absolutely. I hate how Google and Facebook are controlling so much of everything on the internet these days.
fridgeband Friendly post so people notice this wish in the recently active wishlist items!
fridgeband Friendly post so people notice this wish in the recently active wishlist items!
fridgeband Friendly post so people notice this wish in the recently active wishlist items!
fridgeband Friendly post so people notice this wish in the recently active wishlist items!
fridgeband Friendly post so people notice this wish in the recently active wishlist items!
Tikkia Firefox (my web browser of choice) gave me the option to block this kind of stuff a long time ago. For so long I cannot even when it first started there have been all sorts of privacy software plugins (for Firefox) that did this as well, and those can still be found.
drmsux This should really be an opt-in thing rather than opt-out. It shouldn't exist at all, TBH. Why endorse and force interaction with 3rd parties that have nothing to do with the site, especially when they're some of the shittiest companies on earth.
Jon Irenicus As someone who absolutely dispises social media, here's my thumbs up.
fridgeband polite bump for visibility in the recent list
fridgeband polite bump for visibility in the recent list
fridgeband polite bump for visibility in the recent list
fridgeband polite bump for visibility in the recent list
fridgeband polite bump for visibility in the recent list
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fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the recent list) so people who sort by most recently are more likely to spot this wishlist item. Just a hopeful attempt at getting more people to notice this wish!
SaveNetNeutrality Google and Amazon Are actually really bad and Use tons of your own data against you.
mashable.com/2018/04/14/google-amazon-facebook-cambridge-analytica/
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the recent list) so people who sort by most recently are more likely to spot this wishlist item. Just a hopeful attempt at getting more people to notice this wish!
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the recent list) so people who sort by most recently are more likely to spot this wishlist item. Just a hopeful attempt at getting more people to notice this wish!
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the recent list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the recent list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the list)
fridgeband a quick and polite post (for visibility in the list)
fridgeband Please let this be noticed
fridgeband It seems that when someone posts a comment in a wish page like this, the wish gets sent to the top of the list where it is more visible. I noticed this because I saw others making posts so that their wish was more visible for a short while. I say a short while because even after the wish is at the top of the list, it is quickly sent back down into the dark depths of oblivion by other people giving a +1 or posting another comment in several other wishes, so this visibility benefit is extremely short lived. The only hope a wish has of surviving is if at just the right time, a large group of people who just happen to be those who are interested in the wish just happen to be browsing the community wishlist at the same time that the wish is floating somewhere near the top of the list (and has any remote chance of being visible at all, if ever) or the wish will plunge back into the abyss very quickly. This is really sad because some wishes are simply never noticed and are constantly forever pushed down to the bottom by a constant addition of more and more new wishes. I don't really know what else to do other than post a comment in my wished every once in a while and just hope they are picked up by the community or I fear my wishes may never come true.
fridgeband I need this feature. For some reason gog.com takes a while to load for me. I would really love to be able to disable all this terrible social media stuff that I never ever use so that the website would load a little better. Please gog.com also remove google recaptcha and replace it with something customer friendly and made by gog.com itself!
PonyFlare I have an adblocker that does this as an additional feature, but not having them there in the first place would be great!
barleyguy Each user can block this themselves by blocking Javascript from all of those sites, which blocks it not only for GOG, but everywhere else as well. Look up the NoScript plugin. I am still in favor of sites not having these buttons though.
Zrevnur Added a vote here. I cant see any facebook, twitter, etc things though. Maybe because I use ad blocker and script blocker configured to remove them.
SpiderFighter This has twice as many votes as "Public GOG profiles" and yet, here we are with the stupidity that is your rushed out, non-private profile that exploits your customers. Great job, GoG. We really need this implemented NOW, please. You're a STORE, not a social platform! If you forget this fact, you're going to start losing customers.
##@@##@@ @African_wildlife: I realize this reply comes a bit late, but to quote from your linked article: "Evidon helps companies that want to improve their use of tracking code by selling them data collected from the 8 million Ghostery users who have enabled the tool's data sharing feature." If a user doesn't browse with that flag enabled, their data won't be collected.
>noderunner_ I agree completely, these buttons are tracking us as well.
gliamonster Absolutely agree with the wish. All the "web 2.0" nonsense has gone far too far. This is in no way a substitute but if anyone is interested, you can disable a lot of tracking by just having your browser always reject 3rd party cookies.
Warezsec All of that crap should be removed completely regardless, no need for it.
Smashthstate You can completely block Facebook and Twitter in your hosts files, Google+ too if you can live without google search.
LordEbu Away with poopy social features!
Curunauth As people are recommending tools here, I'll add the EFF's Privacy Badger: www.eff.org/privacybadger - it has configurable protection against tracking cookies and helpfully replaces the icons for social services against which it is protecting.
Eitot Better: disable it by default. I haven't given my consent to GOG.com for passing my personal information to Facebook and Google. They shouldn't presume that I want this.
RoseLegion Another good option from the EFF is www.eff.org/privacybadger
African_wildlife Do not use proprietary Ghostery software: www.businessinsider.com/evidon-sells-ghostery-data-to-advertisers-2013-6?IR=T
I recommend using uBlock Origin with 'Fanboy’s Annoyance List' and Anti-ThirdpartySocial' filter lists. The method only works in the web browser, I'd like to get rid of the social media plugins in GOG Galaxy also.
sucht +1
getlogan Hell yes!
skeecher Agreed. I like to think that GOG users are more mentally evolved than the low-brow morons that use social media. And those that have put requests in for greater inclusion of social media should just piss off onto it and stay there!
DanyKing Yeah, fuck social media!
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