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“Targeted” ads almost never show me anything of interest and insist on compromising my privacy. “Generic” ads are more likely to be interesting to me and don't
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
“Targeted” ads almost never show me anything of interest and insist on compromising my privacy. “Generic” ads are more likely to be interesting to me and don't attack my privacy.
I think these terms are misleading though. Traditional advertising is targeted: at the audience of some particular media which takes advertising. And that kind of advertising is actually very effective, and still is. What do viewers of a technology YouTube channel perhaps have an interest in? Technology! What might readers of a gardening magazine want to buy? Gardening tools!
And traditional advertising also advertises to people things at the time they are most receptive to it: when am I thinking most about buying video games? Perhaps when I'm watching others playing them.
- Mirioron 7y agoWould generic ads really be more interesting for you? Don't forget, the United States is not the only country in the world nor is English the only language. I hope you're ready for ads in Chinese, Russian, German, French etc.
- pdkl95 7y ago> I hope you're ready for ads in Chinese, Russian, German, French etc. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.4 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.4 Accept-Language: da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7 would mean: "I prefer Danish, but will accept British English and other types of English."
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoI don't live in the United States and I speak more than just English :) But it is strange to imagine I would get ads in a different language to the website I'm reading.