> Targeted advertising has always seemed pretty dumb, to me most advertising is done by Coke and their target is every where. Doc Searls made a good point: tar

> Targeted advertising has always seemed pretty dumb, to me most advertising is done by Coke and their target is every where. Doc Searls made a good point: targeted advertising isn't advertising, it's really direct marketing (like spam and junk mail). Coke is doing advertising, but the adtech "targeted" advertisers are just spamming you using new technology. https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2018/05/12/gdpr/comment-page-1/ https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2018/05/12/gdpr/comment-page-1...