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> "ok I'll look at any ad that pays me at least 50 cents" Personalised advertisement industry is inherently harmful. Remember, the end goal is to charge the us
by IanSanders 6y ago
> "ok I'll look at any ad that pays me at least 50 cents"
Personalised advertisement industry is inherently harmful. Remember, the end goal is to charge the user as much as they are willing to pay.
- presentation 6y agoHow is that inherently harmful? Doesn't charging a large sum for something offered by an ad mean, that the ad provided something of value to the user? My issue with personalized ads isn't that users end up spending money on what they offer; it's the potential for the collection of that pervasive data to negatively impact the user and broader society.
- IanSanders 6y ago>How is that inherently harmful? Aside from collected data being used for other purposes besides advertisement, when efficient, it allows charging the individual more than they "should" be paying. If an industry "knows" that your washing machine broke, it "knows" that you would be easier manipulated into paying a higher price (sorry for the simplification and the amount of quote marks). >Doesn't charging a large sum for something offered by an ad mean, that the ad provided something of value to the user? If a user was to be compensated, the payment for watching the ad is most definitely coming out from the product price in the end, so on the big scale there is no compensation. >potential for the collection of that pervasive data to negatively impact the user and broader society. Absolutely agree.
- jefftk 6y ago> Aside from collected data being used for other purposes besides advertisement In the case of the Turtledove API proposal (https://github.com/WICG/turtledove https://github.com/WICG/turtledove) the collected data stays in the browser and can only be used for privately targeting ads. (Disclosure: I work for google, speaking only for myself)