Reddit is dead. Long live the Fediverse.lemmy.mlimage ZWho63 ( @ZWho63@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square86fedilinkarrow-up11.14K
arrow-up11.14KimageReddit is dead. Long live the Fediverse.lemmy.ml ZWho63 ( @ZWho63@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square86fedilink
minus-square ZWho63 ( @ZWho63@lemmy.ml ) OPlinkfedilink203•1 year agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/16tqihd/settings_updateschanges_to_ad_personalization/ Reddit just decided it was a good idea to REMOVE the option to disable ad personalisation. Good job u/spez. We know what you’re doing.
minus-square macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) linkfedilink31•1 year agoNeat, so they are monetising your activities on the plattform. Isn’t that great?
minus-square empireOfLove ( @empireOfLove@lemmy.one ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoThey’ve always been doing it, they’re just gonna stop hiding it now.
minus-square privateger ( @privateger@lemmy.plasmatrap.com ) linkfedilink20•1 year agoThis really doesn’t sound legal.
minus-square Justin ( @jlh@lemmy.jlh.name ) linkfedilink9•1 year agoI hope spez has good GDPR lawyers!
minus-square seitanic ( @seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink10•1 year agoOh, okay. I had no idea. I was like “How far do I have to scroll to find out what reddit did this time?” Wouldn’t affect me anyway, because I use an ad blocker.
minus-square Thembo McBembo ( @ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink8•1 year agoIt still means they’re selling your info to advertisers
minus-square verysoft ( @verysoft@kbin.social ) linkfedilink7•1 year agoWhy are these people still there, do they just stick around on reddit to complain about it?
minus-square Kusimulkku ( @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink9•1 year agoBecause other people are there
minus-square treadful ( @treadful@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNetwork effects are real
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/16tqihd/settings_updateschanges_to_ad_personalization/
Reddit just decided it was a good idea to REMOVE the option to disable ad personalisation. Good job u/spez. We know what you’re doing.
Neat, so they are monetising your activities on the plattform. Isn’t that great?
Corporate does corporate things.
They’ve always been doing it, they’re just gonna stop hiding it now.
This really doesn’t sound legal.
I hope spez has good GDPR lawyers!
Oh, okay. I had no idea. I was like “How far do I have to scroll to find out what reddit did this time?”
Wouldn’t affect me anyway, because I use an ad blocker.
It still means they’re selling your info to advertisers
Why are these people still there, do they just stick around on reddit to complain about it?
Because other people are there
Network effects are real