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* Tracking without consent * Wasting large amounts of resources * Potential security risks (js ads with malware is a thing) * Potentially gathers a lot of da
by fogihujy 5y ago
* Tracking without consent
* Wasting large amounts of resources
* Potential security risks (js ads with malware is a thing)
* Potentially gathers a lot of data that could be abused by others
Contextual ads aren't _that_ bad, assuming they're simple enough to not run actual code on the client devices, and the clients can spare the bandwidth/resources in their end. Until that's universally true ads are a nuisance at best and actively hostile at worst.