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Re:Intruder at the top of the 20 meter amateur band? by beervirus on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:01PM (#25740154)
At least arbitrage provides some value by tightening bid/ask spreads. What about all the smart nerds who work on adtech instead of important problems? That's entirely irredeemable.
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Re:Intruder at the top of the 20 meter amateur band? by erik_seaberg on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:27PM (#25741080)
An awful lot of the web would go offline without that revenue.
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Re:Intruder at the top of the 20 meter amateur band? by jtsiskin on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:11PM (#25742171)
Targeted advertising seems to benefit everyone compared to untargeted advertising?

My google ads are mostly saas software and tech gadgets, which I prefer over random ads.

If a lip gloss company wanted to advertise, is it not better that they can target people who like lip gloss instead of a random audience?

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Re:Intruder at the top of the 20 meter amateur band? by beervirus on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:38AM (#25746662)
The cost of targeted ads, as they are currently implemented, is privacy. The juice ain’t worth the squeeze.
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