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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by austincheney on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:29PM (#19004578)
A real dichotomy is a binary choice. Any false dichotomy is that binary choice forced to the absence of other possibilities. This is a false dichotomy.

First of all it excludes the idea that there are revenue options other than advertisements. Secondly, it excludes the idea that advertisements can be relevant to a user's session that are contextually valid and otherwise ignore user history, which often tend to produce the most relevant ads. Third, the relevance of ads shown to users is highly debatable as most of the supposedly relevant ads shown to me are only 1 step away from the spam I get in email. Fourth, relevance can be determined by factors other than user data, such as search term auction. Fifth, privacy violating ads have shown to be extremely effective, such that if a person buys something ads for that thing are shown to the person's friends with compelling social pressure.

Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by owens99 on Saturday January 26, 2019 @06:02AM (#19005790)
Well said.

Not to mention the biggest issue here is not about ads. It is the potential for abuse of power and for Facebook or partners of FB to target and harm specific individuals.