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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by ramraj07 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:11AM (#22125513)
That's because they couldn't track then. You could just put an ad in the paper and hope your demographic sees it
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by rzzzt on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:19AM (#22125554)
That feels recursive. They didn't track because they couldn't, but now they do because they can?
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by sbmthakur on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:33AM (#22126680)
Humans have always been experimental and some of us have never hesitated to use shady practices to increase profits. For instance, back in the day empires tried their best to restrict foreign products in their territory, no matter how much inferior their own products were.
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Re:“This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server” by philwelch on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:23AM (#22125574)
And if tracking was regulated or blocked, they wouldn't be able to do it anymore.
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