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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by wadkar on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @10:04AM (#16106607)
Will paywalls assure privacy? Will paying for content guarantee no tracking JavaScript (I’m looking at you Google Analytics).

How many would be willing to pay for a simple non-js HTML that’s just plain content?

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Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions by lern_too_spel on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:35AM (#16107368)
With a paywall, the news site gets you to log in, which gives them a first party cookie and a way to track you cross-device that breaks ITP — if you pay for news, you likely read it every day.

They're not going to overlook that additional source of income just because you pay them, just like print newspapers didn't keep ads out of subscribers' newspapers.

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