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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by interpol_p on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:41PM (#19004798)
Relevant ads through tracking are different to relevant ads because your favourite author thinks "hey, my readers will be interested in this."

I don't mind the latter, too. I usually have a lot of interest in the sponsorships chosen by my favourite writers to include on their sites.

Automated ad networks and tracking though, I just block those.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by cobookman on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:53AM (#19006774)
How are they different? Both are targeted.

Sure the tracking ads aren't as good, but imagine they were just as highly targeted and relavent.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point by tripzilch on Saturday January 26, 2019 @03:20PM (#19008227)
Well, one doesn't violate your privacy. Also it's more relevant.

I could imagine tracking ads to be more relevant, but they're not. So I don't really see the point of that hypothetical.

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