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> Duckduckgo makes a good case for non-targeted ads while stille being profitable. So there is a happy medium and, in your opinion, it's non-targeted ads. Yet
by jhall1468 11y ago
> Duckduckgo makes a good case for non-targeted ads while stille being profitable.
So there is a happy medium and, in your opinion, it's non-targeted ads. Yet uBlock and uBlock Origin and the millions of people that use them are blocking DuckDuckGo ads.
piwik is an open-source, locally installed, piece of analytic's software that is blocked by default in the above AND in adblock.
So you are making an argument that is presently being implemented and still being blocked.
- bigbugbag 11y agoSorry, I may have not expressed myself in clear enough way, please allow me to try again: IMO there is no happy medium, all ads are unwelcomed on the net. duckduckgo debunks the myth that ads need to be targeted as is the usual investor storytime myth. I was using phpmyvisites before it spawned piwik and have been pushing piwik as an alternative to google analytics since, still piwik is a tracking mechanism and as such is expected to be blocked, but additional tracking script vs parsing web server logs is another debate.
- jhall1468 11y agoSo you said this: > Duckduckgo makes a good case for non-targeted ads while still being profitable. For what reason exactly? So they debunked a myth that is moot anyway because the very premise of the myth is unwelcome.
- pseudalopex 11y agoSure, it's hard to imagine any objection to DuckDuckGo's ads that wouldn't apply to advertising in general. They're unobtrusive, clearly marked, at least somewhat relevant, supposedly non-targeted, and apparently served from the same domain without a bunch of extra JavaScript. Privacy is a big part of the DDG brand, so lying about targeting would be risky. But most ads and most sites aren't like that. How are people supposed to know which are trustworthy?