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Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by Dylan16807 on Friday April 18, 2025 @03:12PM (#43731044)
The advertisers are the ones trying to claim that it's a win-win situation because people like relevant ads.

Pointing out that many people don't like relevant ads is then a significant thing to acknowledge.

You're acting like pclmulqdq brought up the idea out of nowhere, which is very much not the case.

What people think about ads does matter, and does affect the bottom line.

And it's just annoying for you to act like the dislike is just an "individual opinion" but the "people like relevant ads" claim isn't equally anecdotal.

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by MichaelZuo on Friday April 18, 2025 @11:43PM (#43734063)
I’ll be charitable, what is your actual argument?

In case you didn’t see, the user has already claimed to believe the entire comment chain is irrelevant, so your a bit late.

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by Dylan16807 on Saturday April 19, 2025 @02:46PM (#43738504)
They specifically said their original point still stands, and I agree with them.

> what is your actual argument

Was it not clear? Okay I can try again.

When advertisers claim that relevant ads are something people want, that's very far from being universally true. Lots of people don't want that. Don't let them use that unsupported claim to support tracking.

Note that the desires of advertisers are not part of this particular argument. It's a simple claim and counterclaim.

Re:Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge ... by MichaelZuo on Sunday April 20, 2025 @12:49PM (#43744904)
How does that follow? And why is your agreement relevant either?

Anyone can have an unlimited number of irrelevant opinions that they believe to possess this or that attribute, they may even genuinely believe so, yet it doesn’t amount to anything.

Even if the claimed argument was flawless… it seems strange to put a non sequitor at the beginning.