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What if down the road advertisers discover that personalized ads is bs and standard non-personal ads work as effectively? What if FB/GOOG are just interested in
by fhrifjr 6y ago
What if down the road advertisers discover that personalized ads is bs and standard non-personal ads work as effectively? What if FB/GOOG are just interested in supporting the hype around it for their own benefit?
- imglorp 6y agoIt's not just about personalized ads. That's only the happy revenue stream they'll talk about. The others aren't so spinnable. Second, s we've learned recently, they also sell your data to others for whatever they want to use it for. The third of course is government surveillance. And fourth is face recognition services: they got in trouble for having that feature on platform but who knows who they're selling it to. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/07/20/facebook-as-the-ultimate-government-surveillance-tool/?sh=68f3a5c72909 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2018/07/20/faceboo...