FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/Google SDK Data Sharing

Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by joshspankit on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:45PM (#25767041)

Also, if you’ve ever known someone who’s a new parent; the sheer volume of “welcome packages”, pamphlets, flyers, coupons, and free samples is staggering and clearly indicates (to me at least) that the customer value is uncommonly high.

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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by erichurkman on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:57PM (#25768486)

If you sell cribs, you likely only have 1 - 2 chances per couple's entire lives to sell a crib. Saturation and timing of ads are paramount.

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Re:FTC Settlement with Fertility-Tracking App for Facebook/G... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:33AM (#25774150)

Oh god, that. When my wife gave birth, she received a "care package" that was just a box with few small items (water and some cosmetics testers, IIRC) and half a kilogram of flyers. I honestly was floored, and my deep hatred for the advertising industry had reached a new level. And then I noticed that the child health book they gave us - an official medical document that we'll be carrying for the next two decades - had multiple full-page ads in it. Because of course it did.

Did I said it already that advertising is a cancer on modern society?

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