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Re:How to fight back against Google FLoC by mavhc on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:26AM (#26830289)
From 1700-2000 you just had whatever adverts everyone else had.

From 2000-2010 you had site/search based adverts

From 2010-2020 you had tracking based adverts

I can't think of even 1 time I've seen a useful advert though

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Re:How to fight back against Google FLoC by berkes on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:46AM (#26830430)
I can.

And almost without exception, those were relevant ads, not targeted.

Relevant like getting a coupon code for digital ocean storage credits below an article on how to run your own IPFS host.

Or relevant like getting an offer for pizzafriday on the 'where to eat' information section of a campsite in some unfamiliar city.

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Re:How to fight back against Google FLoC by GoblinSlayer on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:27AM (#26830664)
For me usefulness and relevance aren't a problem, I block ads because they are ugly.
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