At some level with any website, you can't but feel that whatever you do, ads will be personalised to some degree. The whole aspect of a website informing you t

At some level with any website, you can't but feel that whatever you do, ads will be personalised to some degree. The whole aspect of a website informing you that they are at least feels more honest. Though when the informed choice is to accept it or not use the service - you feel that the option to pay for not having personalised advertising would be something that would be a revenue stream as much as advertising. I understand these services have to cover costs and make money to maintain etc, so advertising is acceptable. However some feel targeted is a privacy concern more than others and whatever people choose - as long as they are given an informed choice. Though the option to pay for privacy does feel somewhat odd, in the realms of that privacy in regards to a service they can freely choose not to use and is not some government mandated service is the balance needed. Concerns are that such services have become sudo government/authority outlets of information and if your not upon them, you could be left out of the loop. So, the reliance of government's and authorities in using social media platforms that force you into targeted ads is the real concern for me long-term. I'm aware facebook and twitter seem to be leaned upon more and more as the source for information by authorities, maybe some countries use tik-tok in that way already. But the trend does seem to be pushing governmental democratic communication towards private platforms that by design limit user freedoms.