Why do they work? Why can I go start a business and scale it to millions of paying customers by using ads?
Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by zentiggr on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:18PM
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Because there are businesses and politicians willing to pay through the nose to get their message in front of those that they want to influence, and you are then the middleman that gets our irritation and ad blockers and pushback for contributing to the proliferation of the most invasive, unscrupulous segment of our entire society.
Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by layoutIfNeeded on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:49PM
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Because you’re infecting people with mind-viruses to force them to buy your crap. Advertising is about exploiting human psychology, taking advantage of people with weak impulse control, and outright lying.
It's profitable because a few people want to influence and spy on a lot of people.
Most people don't want ads they just tolerate them for getting actual services. Most these people don't even know how much tracking is involved and how nefarious this industry really is.