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Re:What I use instead of Google services by kllrnohj on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @04:50PM (#8260070)
It sounds a lot more like you don't actually understand how advertising works.

No, tracking helps to provide you with better services, full stop. Since you use an adblocker, tracking isn't making anyone money at all. Your personal information is worth exactly $0.00 on its own.

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Re:What I use instead of Google services by pyre on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @05:00PM (#8260120)
> No, tracking helps to provide you with better services, full stop

No. Tracking is about allowing advertisers to better target people that they want to advertise to. A side-effect is providing you with 'better' services.

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Re:What I use instead of Google services by kllrnohj on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @10:49AM (#8263233)
> No. Tracking is about allowing advertisers to better target people that they want to advertise to. A side-effect is providing you with 'better' services.

Those two are NOT exclusive. Targetted advertising only works because you the user find it more useful.

And, no, it's not about better ads, it's about better services. The vast, VAST majority of tracking is never used in targetted ads. Targetted advertising is a very wide net, not hyper-focused.

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