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Re:Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disable... by coldcode on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:55PM (#27079513)
It's only a big issue if you try to advertise a specific item on a generic platform; but if you can target websites that cater to your specific business, you really don't need anything more. Of course it means ad networks lose out since they can't just target specific people, they have to only target specific websites or apps.

Personally in the old days of newspaper ad's, I always wondered what the point was of anything smaller than a whole page; what is the point of a 1x1 inch ad in the midst of 200 others. Even today I ignore 99% of what's on the page other than the content.

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Re:Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disable... by jamiek88 on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:05PM (#27079662)
Point of those ads generally is that people were looking intentionally at them for a plumber, sparkie, piano tuner, gramophone polisher, used tap shoes or what ever else newspapers used to advertise.

In fact many people only bought the paper on ad day.

Whole different kettle of fish.

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