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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by buzzy_hacker on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:06PM (#33070410)
No. Because targeting means you’ve built a profile on me by collecting data about my habits and interests without permission and will sell/leak that to god knows who. Websites can tailor their ads to the audience likely to visit them.
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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by andsoitis on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:10PM (#33070476)
You can turn off personalized ads on iOS https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/control-how-apple-del...

Turn personalized ads on or off Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising, then turn Personalized Ads on or off. Note: Turning off personalized ads limits Apple’s ability to deliver relevant ads to you. It may not reduce the number of ads you receive.

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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by makestuff on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:10PM (#33070473)
I would be fine with paying for youtube premium, etc. if they did not track and build profiles on paying customers. I get mining my data in exchange for using it for free, but I do not think it is fair to mine data on paying customers without giving them some discount/opt out.
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Re:Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own an... by hurril on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:16PM (#33070575)
Plus: they're often even worse than the wholesale because what they think they know about me is basically always pure nonsense. (Other than offering me an ad to buy the book I just fckn bought.)
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