Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Working

Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by Jordrok on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:50AM (#28639039)

I honestly cannot fathom this opinion. I literally cannot think of a single instance where I've ever seen an ad and thought "Yes, I'm glad that I'm seeing this instead of the content I came here for." If that's true, why bother even going on Instagram at all?

I'll admit that I don't use Pinterest, but from what I understand, it's main feature is being a place for user-curated image collections, yes? That's very different than algorithmically distributed, paid-for ads.

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Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by judge2020 on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:38AM (#28639286)

Well, if ads were never relevant, people would never click them and purchase the products they link to, and CPMs would be $0. The vast majority of people I know either run an ad blocker or don’t click ads - but a lot of people do, especially if the ad provides some discount on an item they viewed last week. I even got a free Nest Mini one time from clicking an official Google store ad.

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