And that there is why sites like https://readthedocs.org/ do this strange thing called ethical advertising. Instead of spying on me, they advertise things at me I am genuinely interested in, intuited by the fact that I'm reading technical documentation, and they do it in an unobtrusive way, rather than splat themselves in front of the content I'm trying to read such that I can't even read it at all.
You wanna advertise at me? Come find me on sites where your product is a good fit for my interests and advertise at me respectfully rather than supporting a corporate surveillance state that I want no part of. I for one will continue to block ads everywhere I browse except those that manage to respect me as a fellow human.
As a side-line, this’d probably cut back on a lot of click-bait trash articles. It, likely, would help bring the signal-boise level of the internet at large back to something more useful.
Well, I can dream, anyway..
Than don't run ads. Essentially nobody is interested in seeing ads, targeted or not.
It's a waste of money for me. The ad network will not be able to make money from having them click the ad.
I don't give a fuck how much money it costs you or if the ad network goes bankrupt, why should I?
The user's time will be wasted because they are not interested in what I am selling.
As I said, then don't run ads if you actually care about wasting user time. Even if you have a conversion rate of 10 % you are still wasting time for the other 90 %.
It's a lose lose lose situation.
I would consider it a win if all ad companies go bankrupt and I never have to see an ad again.
I want to create more win win win situations where everyone benefits. Tracking and profiling is needed to increase the rate that this happens.
This is not win win win, this is win win win LOSE - a few users get a product they want, you get some sales, the ad network gets your ad budget, and everyone else gets nothing but being tracked and profiled.
I'm not interested in what you're selling. In general, I'm 100% not interested in anything anyone is selling through advertisements. Where can I indicate this, so that advertisers stop wasting their money on me?