That's not how tag managers work. Tag managers are managed by the website who pays them (it's yet another SaaS), and the website can put whatever it wants there. Various site functionality could break if parts of the site logic is missing.
You can argue it is bad engineering, but it isn't exactly the tag manager's fault any more than it is the CDN's fault.
People use tag manager for tracking scripts, but it's also used for anything that you can put into a JS script (tracking or not). Not every script is a tracking script.
You should post a blog post about this to HN. It's not related to tracking and it's still really interesting, so it deserves more than just a tangential comment here.
They do: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/browser/ext...
Tag manager loads more than just tracking scripts.
Every script it loads is a tracking script. They don't host that code out of an abundance of altruism.
That's not how tag managers work. Tag managers are managed by the website who pays them (it's yet another SaaS), and the website can put whatever it wants there. Various site functionality could break if parts of the site logic is missing.
You can argue it is bad engineering, but it isn't exactly the tag manager's fault any more than it is the CDN's fault.
People use tag manager for tracking scripts, but it's also used for anything that you can put into a JS script (tracking or not). Not every script is a tracking script.
Yes, thats their point, its the thing that loads all the fucking ads.
Please don't suggest it loads other meaningful things.
May as well claim torrenting is used for downloading Linux isos so its not a piracy problem.
>May as well claim torrenting is used for downloading Linux isos so its not a piracy problem.
May as well claim the internet is used for something other than piracy so it's not a piracy problem.
See how silly that is?
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Unfortunately it is indeed used for non-ad scripts. For example, Hearthstone on iOS fails to render the login page if GTM is blocked at DNS.
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Well, i personally always use the torrent when i download an iso...
But I also have gtm black holed.
May as well claim air is breathed by non-pirates as well so it's not a piracy problem.
You should post a blog post about this to HN. It's not related to tracking and it's still really interesting, so it deserves more than just a tangential comment here.
How would that work? You'd still need to make a request to figure out what scripts to add.