[serf]

because the far-parent problem was 'facebook has ads that target me.'

an easy way to avoid the problem of seeing ads on facebook is.. to avoid facebook.

yes, this doesn't solve the privacy and ad-affiliate network problem -- but that wasn't the stated problem.

[ryandrake]

Yea they can track my shadow profile all they want and I don’t care. I don’t visit them so they aren’t showing me ads.

[39896880]

They lease your behavior to other advertisers, insurance companies, loan guarantors…

[bcg361]

Source? It's always been my understanding that while smaller players do this, the major ad players - Meta, Google, etc - never do this: Data on everyone is their greatest competitive advantage, and they don't want to give it away!

[gmhafiz]

How do they know what my behaviours are if I don't have Facebook?

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

You don't have, but many sites you visit have a Facebook code hidden in their pages that sends data about any visitor to Facebook. Thus Facebook knows a lot about you even if you don't have an account.

[scubbo]

Fair point!