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Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem... by 67726e on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @11:29AM (#10697362)
I think StackOverflow is the only site I've visited with relevant ads that are not terribly intrusive. In fact that is the only site I've have Ad Block Plus disabled for. There are sites with good ads, but they are rare to the point that they might as well be considered to not exist.
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Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem... by dionidium on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @11:34AM (#10697402)
I actually think the ads on Facebook are done in a transparent and un-annoying way. Unfortunately, they only show me two things:

1. Geeky shirts with "clever" sayings on them (since they know I'm a programmer, I guess).

2. Things I've already recently bought on Amazon (or elsewhere).

In the first case, what they know about me leads to a severely mistaken impression regarding something else about me. In the second case, what they know about me is already outdated.

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