Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe

Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by paulie_a on Monday March 05, 2018 @05:26AM (#16520071)

The internet existed before ads, people created content and hosted websites without invasive tracking.

And let's be honest, most ads are total garbage.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by EggsOnToast on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:19AM (#16520270)

I remember the 90s internet. It was a neat place but I wouldn't call it very useful by modern standards.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by gsich on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:44AM (#16520379)

usefulness today is not because of ads.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by emiliobumachar on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:44AM (#16521328)

A lot of the usefulness today is bankrolled by ads.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by lotu on Monday March 05, 2018 @06:30PM (#16525555)

I don't get why you are being downvoted so many huge things are literally funded by ads. Google Maps is funded by ads, so is all of Google X. The money that started the development of self driving cars and made people believe it was something we could be done soon was funded by ads. Where did Facebook get 2 billion dollars to by Oclous to provide funding for VR? Ads. Perhaps in a future we will have a good model for micropayments and you can pay .1 cents for every webpage you visit be in the meantime ads provide the revenue streams that make this work.

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Re:Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in E... by gsich on Monday March 05, 2018 @11:10AM (#16521937)

Even if, what does that have to do with the parent posting about "modern standards"?

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