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Re:The European Union versus the Internet by taysic on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:41AM (#18021716)
Probably most content people read does not easily translate to a product as in your fishing example. Generally, ads with no targeting are not very profitable.
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Re:The European Union versus the Internet by makapuf on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:58AM (#18021785)
My point was there can be targeting on content. Magazines have ads. Are they as profitable as privacy invading content ? Maybe not but they're tolerable.
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