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Meh, it employs millions of people. Pretty much every app comes with secret trackers. I want no part of advertising and have no need of it but clearly it pays
by Tsubasachan 8y ago
Meh, it employs millions of people. Pretty much every app comes with secret trackers.
I want no part of advertising and have no need of it but clearly it pays somebody's bills.
- noisem4ker 8y agoSociety as a whole is paying. I don't like paying the bill of someone whose scheme consists on capitalizing and slowly draining trust in the collective.
- dmortin 8y agoTrue and it also enables many smaller sites to function. The big players can adapt to a new revenue model easily, but for a small site maintained by 1-2 peopla it's not feasible to have and ad department or start selling ads individually. So aside from its drawback the current automated ad system helps the little guy site owner and any tightening would only result in the small players getting eliminated with the big guys continuing to thrive.