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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by eptcyka on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:55PM (#26471006)
Both of Apple and Google are leaking my data into prism. I don't care about ad personalization as much as I hate tracking. These are related, but not one and the same.

I think personalized ads are overvalued and their price is driven up by either global conglomerates that are looking to make vast amounts of money from small margins or startups with VC cash to burn. I've never heard an organic business success story about adwords.

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by tomComb on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:08PM (#26471152)
Not sure I follow you. Tons of companies make money from digital advertising - most from ad networks (it's pretty hard for a startup to run their own). Much as most consumer startups would like to abandon advertising and just charge for their product/service, it is extremely hard to get people to pay for things.
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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by mvzvm on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:05PM (#26471641)
And why are you against PRISM?
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