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Re:Google to turn on activity tracking for many users who tu... by uberman on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:50AM (#30176777)
I wish I could upvote this post multiple times. Google senior leadership should read this out loud at an all hands meeting.
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Re:Google to turn on activity tracking for many users who tu... by nonesuchluck on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:18AM (#30177856)
They probably do, then give themselves a nice round of applause. They're getting rid of their (unprofitable) discerning users, and keeping all the (profitable) naive users. On average, this increases the effectiveness of their ads and decreases costs. It's a big win for Google's customers (not you).
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