Re:Open letter: Ban surveillance-based advertising
by Nursie on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:00AM
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> This is ridiculous. If I am trying to advertise an Elixer IDE, then I don't want my advertisements shown to any random person on the internet.
> I want to be able to advertise to a consumer segment
This sounds like a you problem.
And you shouldn't get to push surveillance on me to solve it.
I don't want to be advertised at at all, let alone be stalked round the web so you can do it better.
I don't care at all that any advertising I see might be better targeted, it's all an annoyance as far as I'm concerned anyway. The idea that I should be happier if I'm getting 'relevant' ads, like I should thank you for surveilling me so you can spam me better, is absolutely laughable.
> I want to be able to advertise to a consumer segment
This sounds like a you problem.
And you shouldn't get to push surveillance on me to solve it.
I don't want to be advertised at at all, let alone be stalked round the web so you can do it better.
I don't care at all that any advertising I see might be better targeted, it's all an annoyance as far as I'm concerned anyway. The idea that I should be happier if I'm getting 'relevant' ads, like I should thank you for surveilling me so you can spam me better, is absolutely laughable.