Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by cycomanic on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:01PM
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So essentially you want to take choice away from the majority of consumers because it might make certain business models unprofitable and you want that business model for yourself? If that's not what you want then you need to better explain your point because right now it certainly sounds like that.
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Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by jefftk on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:21PM
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> you want to take choice away from the majority of consumers
Huh? My worry here is that privacy regulation will reduce the choices available to consumers. If it's legal for some services to offer "pay with ads + fraud detection" and others to offer "pay with your money" we can see what sort of services consumers prefer. In most areas online it turns out its the former. Regulation removes the first option.
> you want that business model for yourself
I'm not interested in running this sort of business; while I used to work in ads I'm not planning to go back. My main perspective here is as someone who uses and enjoys many ad-supported sites (including HN) and doesn't want to see them regulated out of existence or behind paywalls.
Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by robin_reala on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:23PM
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You’re straw-manning ads against personalised ads. There’s nothing stopping sites from targeting ads in ways that don’t require the processing of personal information (as your example, HN, already does).
Re:Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement
by jefftk on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:28PM
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As I wrote in my response to pif above [1] it's pretty likely that the GDPR also requires consent for detecting ad fraud, without which advertising isn't practical on most sites.