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Be careful what you wish for. If ad publishers like Facebook generate less revenue per ad impression (which is what these tracking changes do), publishers will

• maybelsyrup 5y ago
  Great! Maybe that'll drive people away from these platforms and we can have our brains back.
• boring_twenties 5y ago
  Out of the first 12 posts in my facebook feed currently, three are ads (25%). Two of those ads are for the same exact thing FWIW. How many more ads could they possibly squeeze in before people just give up using the platform?
  • after_care 5y ago
    People’s attention is a marketplace. If only one platform increases their ads then likely people will move to other platforms. I think it’s more likely all platforms (or no platforms) will increase their ads because all social media will have this problem.
• sumtechguy 5y ago
  This is true. Look at the TV landscape. How long is a 'one hour show'? 45 mins these days? At one point it was 55. Toss in some overlays and so on. Crush out the credits in speed and split screen it. I have been using an adblocker for a long time. But a few weeks ago I turned it off 'just to see'. The internet was a lot more 'noisy' than I remember it. I remember when one simple banner ad at the top of the page was considered 'crazy'. If only we knew.