Re:Privacy Analysis of FLoC
by smoldesu on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:18PM
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It's more of a hierarchy, to me. I prefer no ads, but I'd rather have personalized ones than the raunchy shlock they serve you if you're a "nobody".
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Re:Privacy Analysis of FLoC
by bingidingi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @07:26PM
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I understand the reasoning, but I prefer schlock versus the cross-site data required to serve me personalized ads.
With the internet at our disposal I don't understand why anyone would ever click on an ad. If you need or want something, a quick search on even the worst search engine is outrageously more informative.
Personalised ads imply data collection, privacy violations and tracking across websites. That doesn't sound like a good deal. Especially as personalised ads are just as annoying and unhelpful because the algorithms are simply useless. No, when I bought a game I don't want to buy the Collector's Edition one day later. And that won't change over the 3 months I'm getting the same stupid recommendation. Might as well show me literally a random product, I'd be more likely to buy it.