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by andai
1550 days ago
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>Would it be less targeted and less efficient on a micro-level - yes probably. I remember reading not too long ago that tracking did not increase profits! I find that hard to believe because once the tracking gets good enough, they actually start showing me ads for things I actually might want to buy! (Imagine that!) In my experience, Facebook's ads (at least on Instagram) show me really cool things, while Google (who should know way more about me) shows me complete garbage on all its platforms (YouTube being worst of all). Re: less abusive advertising I'm considering making some (hopefully!) profitable web games but I'm averse to putting ads on them. After giving it some thought I realized my main objection wasn't aesthetics / UX (though that is certainly a concern when it comes to "art" -- I want my games to be beautiful and ads sort of kill the vibe there) -- my main concern was actually running strange 3rd party fingerprinting / zombie-tracker / god-knows-what. If it was just a clearly labeled affiliate link, eg. <a><img>, that would do away with most of my concerns! (And simplify my GDPR compliance by just.. not storing anything.. and eliminate the need for those horrible banners :) In general I'm averse to government regulations, but this might be a rare case where the alternative (rampant spying) is worse... After that, all that remains is to get the governments to ban themselves from spying too ;) |
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Exactly - i briefly looked into https://www.ethicalads.io/ but mostly IT related ads it seems.
> Facebook's ads (at least on Instagram) show me really cool things, while Google (who should know way more about me) shows me complete garbage
I personally remember being pretty shocked at how the Facebook like button & social login spread to everywhere and they could track you all around. Long time ago. Facebook probably knows a lot more about you than you think.