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> ..which were heavily subsidized, if not outright paid for, by ads. Ads, yes. Tracking? No. Not remotely similar to what is happening on the Internet right no
by Fnoord 7y ago
> ..which were heavily subsidized, if not outright paid for, by ads.
Ads, yes. Tracking? No. Not remotely similar to what is happening on the Internet right now. The problem isn't advertising; it is tracking. Targeted advertising is just a result of tracking.
- Viliam1234 7y agoAnd if you start paying for an online newspaper, you will still be tracked. Actually, by subscribing you just made tracking you much easier.
- Fnoord 7y agoA correct observation, unfortunately. Offline newspapers exist too. They are made of trees, need to be delivered by a minimum wage paperboy (who remembers the game Paperboy?), they lag a few hours to a day behind, and the fact you read that newspaper and pay for it electronically gives away something about you... But what it doesn't track is which articles you read. This is also a disadvantage of digital TV versus analog.