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Re:Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center by ric2b on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:41AM (#21324934)
> because blocking tracking is also blocking ads

It's not, the Internet is the only medium where it's assumed that tracking/targeting is necessary for advertising. TV, Magazines, radio, podcasts, cinema don't track users.

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Re:Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center by kevingadd on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:51PM (#21327850)
I agree but podcasting services often track users now - podcasters use services like ACast to generate unique targeted versions of the podcast mp3 on-download when people use feed managers to download.

When I download a few different podcasts, I get an mp3 with targeted ads inserted in it, and they're presumably connecting IP geolocation info.

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Re:Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center by uoaei on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:21PM (#21325471)
Well, they do, but only in aggregate and pretty indirectly: surveys, focus groups, requests for feedback, etc.
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Re:Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center by badrequest on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @01:51PM (#21326643)
Which are leagues more imprecise than the internet alternative.
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