• noodlejetski@lemm.ee
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    It will relate to users who choose to see less personalised adverts in their feeds.

    ah, because regular evil wasn’t enough.

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    Well, let’s hope it’ll piss people off into seing the light

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    Oh, I skip FB and IG ads completely. It’s crazy: I didn’t even have to install anything, and the ads just disappeared one day.

    But seriously, the “your attention is being monetized” model makes for such an awful experience for me. I’m envious of people who can enjoy the world and the Internet when ads are everywhere.

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      I think most of them simply opt to not use the Internet as often

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    TL;DR

    If you choose to let us track you’ll get personalized ads

    If you choose to NOT let us track you’ll get tons of intrusive and unskipable ads

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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    The company said the changes are for users in the European Union, in response to evolving EU regulatory feedback

    Sounds like a petulant child throwing a tantrum for being told ‘no’.

    minimal set of data points including a person’s age, location, gender, and how a person engages with ads.

    Sounds like they’re skirting the regulation.

    allowing people to connect with the brands and products that are most relevant to them.

    “Connecting with brands and products” is not even remotely close to why people use social media.

    Tf are they going on about?!

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      Marketers using all of their skills to try to sell the idea that they’re a good guy doing something people (who aren’t ad buyers) want.

      Sad part is they are probably able to fool some people.

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      She’ll likely just blame it on Obama and “the libs” and abortion, and “the gays”, and then post on Facebook about that. At least that’s what mine will do.

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    When I used Instagram, I used it through Instander for extra features (and ad blocking). It worked pretty well, and it’s a mod of Instagram so the interface was the same.

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    Hmm, I swapped FB with Lemmy for my quick dial when the elections heated up, guess I’ll just leave it that way.