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The Zuck suck is in full swing. (social.fossware.space)

In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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[-] dan@upvote.au 10 points 1 year ago

Screen density is usually needed to work out the resolution of images to load. A high-DPI ("Retina") screen uses higher-resolution images than a low-DPI screen.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

opposite really... Notice "Screen Resolution" is on that list as a separate item as well...

Screen Density would tell you roughly how big the screen actually is. If you have a 4k panel... but it's only 6 inches, you can probably serve up a 720p image instead of the full 4k one and the user won't notice the difference since you'd have to hold the screen an inch away to see anything different.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't screen density usually mean the pixel ratio? Or is it something different on Android?

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