Re:Apple’s Anti-Tracking Plans for iPhone
by damnyou on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @01:29PM
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I'm not justifying anything, I'm merely stating what I think is an unequivocally positive side effect of advertising-based models: they have automatic price discrimination built in. Subscription models do not have it built in—developers have to do extra work to introduce price discrimination. I think this is a demerit of subscription models, though not one that outweighs the demerits of advertising models.
Re:Apple’s Anti-Tracking Plans for iPhone
by inetknght on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:43PM
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> an unequivocally positive side effect of advertising-based models
Democracies are bought on advertising.
Hiding the price of the user's attention is not a positive side effect to the user. Hiding who buys the user's attention is not a positive side effect to the user. Hiding how many other people's attentions are also being sold is not a positive side effect to the user. All of these are detriments to the user.
Re:Apple’s Anti-Tracking Plans for iPhone
by airstrike on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @07:24PM
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> they have automatic price discrimination built in.
How, exactly? It's entirely opaque to the user.
At a minimum, you should offer a free, ad-supported version alongside a paid, ad-free (and tracking free) experience.
That might be legal for the moment but it is in no way moral.