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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by cco on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:21PM (#19004349)
That's very surprising to me, why would you care what ads you get if it means mortgaging your privacy? If we grant that ads are a given, just give me whatever bullshit you want, I won't click on any of them and I'm ignoring them either way.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by themacguffinman on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:31PM (#19004394)
Because bullshit untargeted ads aren't worth much. There's no point in accepting worthless ads that don't adequately fund the sites that serve them.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by JetSpiegel on Saturday January 26, 2019 @12:51PM (#19007389)
But if you are ignoring them anyway, won't the add value remain at 0?
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by themacguffinman on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:26PM (#19007912)
Sure, if you think all advertising never works on anyone.
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