Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B

Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by ineedasername on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:17AM (#30208746)

Everything but food, clothing, and a place to live are things we don't need. There are countless additional luxuries that make life more convenient or enjoyable. I found out about Instant Pots from ads, and when I finally decided to check it out and found it interesting I bought one. It has significantly improved my after-work quality of life multiple times a month with large reductions in food prep time.

I found out about glowforge the same way and added a very useful & revenue generating tool to a small side-business I run.

So I don't mind a little bit of targeted ads. I don't regard them as inherently bad. I do however believe that each individual should have complete control over the process as it relates to their own personal data.

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Re:Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B by FearlessNebula on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:55PM (#30210173)

I totally agree. But I don’t think Facebook (or anyone else to my knowledge) gives the user proper control over their data. My fear is that by feeding them this information, they’ll be able to gradually manipulate me in ways I otherwise never would have been interested in. For example I noticed that YouTube gradually started pushing me conservative leaning self improvement videos a la Jordan Peterson and co. I have never knowingly watched that type of video, and now I’m getting “alpha male” ads for supplements and courses.

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