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Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by dredmorbius on Friday November 24, 2017 @01:33AM (#15769777)
Recognise that the ad platform itself has an incentive to pump absolute bilge at you.

I have an incentive to block that as hard as humanly, or computationally, possible.

Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by Buge on Friday November 24, 2017 @08:01PM (#15773855)
They have an incentive to give you ads you will click on. If you're not going to click on it, then there's a disincentive to show it to you.
Re:How do I permanently delete my account? by dredmorbius on Saturday November 25, 2017 @03:53AM (#15775100)
There are two possible transactions: selling you ads, or selling you to a better class of advertisers.

I see parallels to the 3rd class rail (or coach-class air) problem. If you improve the conditions of the lowest service class, nobody upgrades to higher levels of service. So the lowest class is intentionally bad.