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Newspapers and magazines have sold advertising without individual reader targeting for years and it continues to be a viable business model. Individually tracki

Newspapers and magazines have sold advertising without individual reader targeting for years and it continues to be a viable business model. Individually tracking users is not necessary.

criley2 8y ago
>Newspapers and magazines have sold advertising without individual reader targeting for years and it continues to be a viable business model Newspapers and magazines charges a subscription. Are you suggesting we should now charge Europeans a subscriptions where we do not for others? I'm ok with that. Don't want tracking? Then give me your credit card and subscribe, or there's the door. Plus, nearly all newspapers are in economic free fall, advertising was completely destroyed by the internet, and there are almost no newspapers which are in the "green" without having an internet product or being owned by a larger corporation.
- adamjc 8y ago
  > Then give me your credit card and subscribe, or there's the door. I don't understand this type of thinking from some of the posters here on HN, as if GDPR is right now personally affecting you in a negative way. It's a very aggressive way of writing and I've seen a few posters comment in this way. If you want an example of a company that does non-personalised advertising and is successful: DuckDuckGo.
  - criley2 8y ago
    How do you know I am not personally affected by freeloaders who wish to steal content from me and use laws as justification for their entitlement to free no-strings access to my work? That's very presumptuous.
    - adamjc 8y ago
      a) If you were, you would have mentioned it by now. Your name appears all over this thread, it's incredible how much GDPR has aggravated you. b) If you are running a website and don't wish us 'thieving Europeans', then don't allows traffic from Europe. This is the perplexing thing about your seemingly apoplectic rage on this topic. There are options available for these companies who still want to track people individually. Calm down.
    - greedo 8y ago
      If you post content on the web without using a paywall, then people aren't "freeloading" or stealing your content. Just as I don't have to read every word on a website, nor do I have to view every add, run every piece of code, and let myself be tracked. Don't like that? Don't run a website/service without a paywall.

Newspapers and magazines have sold advertising without individual reader targeting for years and it continues to be a viable business model. Individually tracking users is not necessary.

criley2 8y ago

>Newspapers and magazines have sold advertising without individual reader targeting for years and it continues to be a viable business model Newspapers and magazines charges a subscription. Are you suggesting we should now charge Europeans a subscriptions where we do not for others? I'm ok with that. Don't want tracking? Then give me your credit card and subscribe, or there's the door. Plus, nearly all newspapers are in economic free fall, advertising was completely destroyed by the internet, and there are almost no newspapers which are in the "green" without having an internet product or being owned by a larger corporation.

adamjc 8y ago
> Then give me your credit card and subscribe, or there's the door. I don't understand this type of thinking from some of the posters here on HN, as if GDPR is right now personally affecting you in a negative way. It's a very aggressive way of writing and I've seen a few posters comment in this way. If you want an example of a company that does non-personalised advertising and is successful: DuckDuckGo.
- criley2 8y ago
  How do you know I am not personally affected by freeloaders who wish to steal content from me and use laws as justification for their entitlement to free no-strings access to my work? That's very presumptuous.
  - adamjc 8y ago
    a) If you were, you would have mentioned it by now. Your name appears all over this thread, it's incredible how much GDPR has aggravated you. b) If you are running a website and don't wish us 'thieving Europeans', then don't allows traffic from Europe. This is the perplexing thing about your seemingly apoplectic rage on this topic. There are options available for these companies who still want to track people individually. Calm down.
  - greedo 8y ago
    If you post content on the web without using a paywall, then people aren't "freeloading" or stealing your content. Just as I don't have to read every word on a website, nor do I have to view every add, run every piece of code, and let myself be tracked. Don't like that? Don't run a website/service without a paywall.