Re:Adtech is built on a privacy fault line
by indymike on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:12PM
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> There seems to be a really strong disdain on HN for AdTech in general, which I think is misguided, and comes fundamentally from a "web consumer" mentality.
I think the disdain is against surveillance and invasive content.
> The current movement to avoid tracking is an extremely powerful centralizing force.
No, this is just removing the third party. If I'm on a Meta property seeing an ad served by Meta targeted by my data from using Meta, then there's not third party.
I think the disdain is against surveillance and invasive content.
> The current movement to avoid tracking is an extremely powerful centralizing force.
No, this is just removing the third party. If I'm on a Meta property seeing an ad served by Meta targeted by my data from using Meta, then there's not third party.