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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by jonknee on Thursday July 07, 2016 @04:58PM (#12052028)
You didn't answer the question though, how will tracking outbound links "bite the industry in the long run"? I assume the better content will be a net positive.
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Re:Reddit now tracks all outbound link clicks by default, ex... by Sylos on Friday July 08, 2016 @06:14AM (#12054532)
Because you can't keep people dumb forever. Eventually they will learn of this tracking that's going on everywhere and then people will try to block any form of data-collection, whether it's anonymized or not.
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