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minus-squareZWho63 ( ZWho63@lemmy.ml ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up203·3 years 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-squaremacniel ( DmMacniel@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up31·3 years agoNeat, so they are monetising your activities on the plattform. Isn’t that great?
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬 ( Dirk@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 years agoCorporate does corporate things.
minus-squareempireOfLove ( empireOfLove@lemmy.one ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 years agoThey’ve always been doing it, they’re just gonna stop hiding it now.
minus-squareprivateger ( privateger@lemmy.plasmatrap.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 years agoThis really doesn’t sound legal.
minus-squareJustin ( jlh@lemmy.jlh.name ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoI hope spez has good GDPR lawyers!
minus-squareseitanic ( seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 years 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-squareThembo McBembo ( ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years agoIt still means they’re selling your info to advertisers
minus-squareverysoft ( verysoft@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoWhy are these people still there, do they just stick around on reddit to complain about it?
minus-squareKusimulkku ( Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoBecause other people are there
minus-squaretreadful ( treadful@lemmy.zip ) Banned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years 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