• Kusimulkku
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    4 months ago

    I was thinking wtf is “wikiwand”

    Wikiwand, formerly stylized as WikiWand,[2] is a commercial proprietary interface developed for viewing Wikipedia articles. Its interface includes a sidebar menu displaying the table of contents, a navigation bar, personalized links to other languages, new typography, access to previews of linked articles, display advertisements, and sponsored articles

    In 2021, it was noted that visiting a Wikiwand page made the visitor’s device exchange hundreds of requests and several megabytes of data with advertisers.

    Unlike Wikipedia, Wikiwand is not ad-free. A large number of tracking cookies are set. When it started, Wikiwand announced that it would donate 30 percent of its profits to Wikipedia. In 2024, it applies only for user-donated amounts.[12] By clicking on the donation link you can see that the donations go to the Israeli company WIKIPELE LTD.

    What the actual fuck