After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and kept growing ad revenue

Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by mschuster91 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:25PM (#18926639)

Haha, similar. I was shopping around for a Sony mirrorless camera a year ago. Ended up with the model I actually had in mind in the first place (A7S2 for its supreme low light capability), but shit am I hounded on the Internet either for Sony cameras or accessories. And there's no way I know of to get rid of it! And for what its worth even Facebook and Instagram (at least the latter, I only use on my tablet in the app!) showed me camera ads.

This is annoying and, when one thinks about the implication that everyone and their dog knows who you are, scary.

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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by jen20 on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:45PM (#18927596)

Would an ad blocker not get rid of most of it? I rarely see any ads these days with Ghostery running.

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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by Digit-Al on Thursday January 17, 2019 @02:17AM (#18928992)

I still occasionally get ads for laser eye surgery, nine years after I had it done.

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