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"Targeted ads" is just a euphemism for "tracking". The not-so-threatening term allows the practice to exist in the first place. It may have been the initial pla
by kgwxd 8y ago
"Targeted ads" is just a euphemism for "tracking". The not-so-threatening term allows the practice to exist in the first place. It may have been the initial plan, and the promise made some people a lot of money, but ads are no longer the primary goal or the only way the data is monetized. We should be using the term "trackers" when talking about targeted ads, it's more accurate and sounds scarier.
- nsnfkdjsnbf 8y agoSo when Zuckerberg says users want targeted ads, he actually meant users like being tracked.
- kgwxd 8y agoWell, really he's just spewing bullshit to avoid directly stating Facbook tracks people all over the internet and will monetize the collected data in any way possible.