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Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by andai on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:03PM (#27620538)
I'm torn: on the one hand I'd rather not be spied on on every damn web page I visit. On the other hand, my experience with Instagram's ads was downright positive, which was very unexpected. They showed me cool stuff that I didn't even know existed, and that I'd actually like to buy.

So it seems like we should either have no surveillance, or the absolute maximum -- most ads are still in that gross uncanny valley.

Re:International coalition calls for action against surveill... by skinkestek on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:03PM (#27621553)
Instagram ads are surprisingly good compared to Googles given how little I've told Instagram compared to Google.

Google ads are overwhelmingly useless and for years (a decade?) they were outright insulting to my family.