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Re:“Apps intended for kids may not include third-party adver... by vmurthy on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:54AM (#20112751)
Couldn't agree more on 2 and 3. What is even more unacceptable to me is that these ad networks track everything I do on the web. It is one thing that I see an ad for a laptop when I search for Chromebook (I'll call it contextual for ease) but totally different thing that I see ads for say Professional training when searching for Chromebook because I happened to click on a post on LinkedIn long ago. Other words, I don't like companies having a profile on me which they can use however the way they want at a later date.
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Re:“Apps intended for kids may not include third-party adver... by sdegutis on Thursday June 06, 2019 @03:31PM (#20118197)
That's a good fifth point that I didn't consider: ads inherently promote and encourage data collection in unscrupulously unethical ways.
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